All posts tagged "dependent clause"
- English Adverb Clauses
Traditional grammars describe adverb clauses as dependent or subordinate clauses that consist of a subordinating conjunction followed by a clause and...
English AdverbsHeather JohnsonJuly 11, 2018 - Independent Clauses and Dependent Clauses in English Grammar
Clauses are defined as grammatical structures that contain a subject and a predicate and that are the smallest grammatical unit that...
InformationHeather JohnsonJuly 3, 2018 - The Forms and Functions of Clauses in English Grammar
The smallest grammatical unit that can express a complete proposition, a clause is defined as a grammatical structure that contains a...
InformationHeather JohnsonApril 25, 2014 - Grammatical Forms of English Adjective Clauses
Similar to the adjective and adjective phrase in grammatical function, an adjective clause is a dependent or subordinate clause that consists...
English AdjectivesHeather JohnsonNovember 27, 2013 - English Sentence Structure: Simple, Compound, Complex, and Compound-Complex Sentences
Whereas sentence purpose refers to the function of sentences, sentence structure refers to the structure, or form, of sentences in a...
InformationHeather JohnsonOctober 21, 2013 - Forming Noun Clauses from Questions
Similar to nouns and noun phrases in grammatical function, noun clauses are dependent or subordinate clauses that perform nominal functions and...
English NounsHeather JohnsonOctober 12, 2013 - English Noun Clauses
Noun clauses are independent, or subordinate, clauses that perform nominal functions. Clauses are grammatical structures that contain a subject and a...
English NounsHeather JohnsonSeptember 2, 2013 - Grammatical Functions of English Noun Clauses
A noun clause is a dependent clause that consists of a subordinating conjunction followed by a clause and that performs a...
English NounsHeather JohnsonJune 11, 2013 - Grammatical Forms of English Noun Clauses
Similar to the noun and noun phrase in grammatical function, a noun clause is a dependent or subordinate clause that consists...
English NounsHeather JohnsonJune 10, 2013 - Grammatical Form of English Adverb Clauses
Similar to the adverb and adverb phrases in grammatical function, an adverb clause is a dependent or subordinate clause that consists...
English AdverbsHeather JohnsonMarch 30, 2013 - Grammatical Form of English Nouns
Traditional grammars define nouns as “words that refer to people, places, things, and ideas.” Pronouns are a subcategory of nouns. Noun...
English NounsHeather JohnsonMarch 27, 2013 - Complex Sentences: Subordinate Clauses as Adverb Clauses
Simple sentences such as The fire glowed and Extremely frigid fall winds chilled my sweater-loving puppy of small stature to his...
English AdverbsHeather JohnsonDecember 11, 2011