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* note: if we used the wording, "The snow fell all night, which meant school canceled," we would then have the clause "school canceled" (subject-verb) as a dependent (noun) clause within the first dependent (relative) clause: | * note: if we used the wording, "The snow fell all night, which meant school canceled," we would then have the clause "school canceled" (subject-verb) as a dependent (noun) clause within the first dependent (relative) clause: | ||
** i.e. ''The snow fell all night, <font style="background-color: yellow;">which meant</font> <font style="background-color: lightgreen;">school canceled</font>'' | ** i.e. ''The snow fell all night, <font style="background-color: yellow;">which meant</font> <font style="background-color: lightgreen;">school canceled</font>'' | ||
*** <font style="background-color: yellow;">relative clause</ | *** <font style="background-color: yellow;">relative clause</font> | ||
*** <font style="background-color: lightgreen;">noun clause</font> | *** <font style="background-color: lightgreen;">noun clause</font> | ||
** the dependent marker "that" is assumed (thus can be omitted): | ** the dependent marker "that" is assumed (thus can be omitted): |