Clause (grammar): Difference between revisions

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| colspan="4" |note: ''that, which and who'' are relative pronouns that can act as subordinating conjunctions in some cases
| colspan="4" |note: ''that, which and who'' are relative pronouns that can act as subordinating conjunctions in some cases
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* Subordinating conjunction "subordinates" an IC into a DC
* subordinating conjunction "subordinates" an IC into a DC
** i.e, (SC) renders or turns an IC into a DC
** i.e, (SC) renders or turns an IC into a DC
** the reason is the the SC creates the need for additional information after the SVO
** the reason is the the SC creates the need for additional information after the SVO
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*** "Since I love baseball, I watch it every chance I get."
*** "Since I love baseball, I watch it every chance I get."


=== Relative clause ===
=== relative clause ===
* a type of "adjective clause"  
* a type of "adjective clause"  
* = a dependent clause that contains a subject-verb, but provides additional information and is not a complete sentence of thought by itself
* = a dependent clause that contains a subject-verb, but provides additional information and is not a complete sentence of thought by itself