dependent clause, also known as a subordinate clause, subclause or embedded clause, is a certain type of clause that juxtaposes an independent clause...

clauses and dependent clauses. An independent clause can stand alone, i.e. it can constitute a complete sentence by itself. A dependent clause, by contrast...

these clauses, in either "dependent" or "independent" form – also have patterns, as explained below. A simple sentence consists of only one clause. A compound...

jail". Clauses can be classified as independent (main clauses) and dependent (subordinate clauses). An orthogonal way of classifying clauses is by the...

used to separate clauses. In English, a comma is used to separate a dependent clause from the independent clause if the dependent clause comes first: After...

of the main clause of the sentence is conditional on the dependent clause. A full conditional thus contains two clauses: a dependent clause called the...

the shop. Comma splice Conditional sentence Dependent clause Relative clause Run-on sentence Sentence clause structure Rozakis, Laurie (2003). The Complete...

An adverbial clause is a dependent clause that functions as an adverb. That is, the entire clause modifies a separate element within a sentence. As with...

In linguistics, a non-finite clause is a dependent or embedded clause that represents a state or event in the same way no matter whether it takes place...

field of sentence processing. Regular relative clauses are a class of dependent clause (or "subordinate clause") that usually modifies a noun. They are typically...

inversion. The syntax of a dependent clause is generally the same as that of an independent clause, except that the dependent clause usually begins with a...

clause with no dependent clauses. A compound sentence consists of multiple independent clauses with no dependent clauses. These clauses are joined together...

In grammar, a content clause is a dependent clause that provides content implied or commented upon by an independent clause. The term was coined by Danish...

except English, uses V2 word order, though only in independent clauses. In dependent clauses, the finite verb is placed last. Declarative sentences use V2...

usually appears in a dependent clause separated from the independent one by the complementizer que ("that"), but not all dependent clauses require it. When...

standard way to refer to the future, see conditional sentences and dependent clauses below. It is also possible for the present tense to be used when referring...

A cleft sentence is a complex sentence (one having a main clause and a dependent clause) that has a meaning that could be expressed by a simple sentence...

to separate clauses. In English, a comma is often used to separate a dependent clause from the independent clause if the dependent clause comes first:...

married to Blair. Here the infinitival clause to get married is contained within the finite dependent clause that John Welborn is going to get married...

In English conditional sentences, the antecedent (protasis) is a dependent clause, most commonly introduced by the complementizer if. Other complementizers...

lexemes of a sentence Dependent clause Dependency relation, a type of binary relation in mathematics and computer science. Dependent and independent variables...

paper. A complex sentence is one that has a main clause which could stand alone and a dependent clause which cannot by itself be a sentence. Using a complex...

There is the basic mode of free clauses and there are multiple dependent modes found exclusively in dependent clauses. In particular, there is the 'infinitive'...

subordinate clauses. One clause is subordinate to another if it depends on it. The dependent clause is called a subordinate clause and the independent clause is...

kinds of dependent clauses (such as relative clauses and some types of temporal clauses) differ from those used in main clauses. Dependent verbs often...

subjunctive mood, sometimes called conjunctive mood, has several uses in dependent clauses. Examples include discussing hypothetical or unlikely events, expressing...

serves as a dependent clause, usually at the beginning of a sentence, in which the genitive noun is the subject of the dependent clause and the participle...

changes also depending on whether the phrase is a main clause or a dependent clause. In dependent clauses, the word order is always entirely SOV (cf. also Inversion):...

A dependent-marking language has grammatical markers of agreement and case government between the words of phrases that tend to appear more on dependents...

object of the clause's verb; and I wish you were here. in which the dependent clause, (that) you were here, omits the subordinating conjunction, that. In...