NOUN
- a clause in a complex sentence that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence and that functions within the sentence as a noun or adjective or adverb
How To Use dependent clause In A Sentence
- Only one sentence contains two dependent clauses; none contains three. A Short Guide to Writing About History
- What is the ratio of dependent to independent clauses?
- Change one independent clause into a dependent clause. Between Worlds: A Reader, Rhetoric and Handbook
- Conversely, when the independent clause begins the sentence, there is no comma before the dependent clause that concludes the sentence. Between Worlds: A Reader, Rhetoric and Handbook
- The example below uses an independent and dependent clause.
- Only one sentence contains two dependent clauses; none contains three. A Short Guide to Writing About History
- This should be written in short grammatical sentences with the minimum of dependent clauses.
- The ratio of dependent clauses to sentences will vary from writer to writer. A Short Guide to Writing About History
- Change one independent clause into a dependent clause. Between Worlds: A Reader, Rhetoric and Handbook
- ‘The preface, by Truss, includes a misplaced apostrophe and two misused semicolons: one that separates unpunctuated items in a list and one that sets off a dependent clause.’