Q. What is dependent clause mean?
A dependent clause is a group of words that contains a subject and verb but does not express a complete thought. A dependent clause cannot be a sentence.
Q. What is difference between clause and sentence?
Clause is a group of words that contains a subject and a predicate. Sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought.
Q. Is a sentence always a clause?
Clauses are groups of words that have both subjects and predicates. Unlike phrases, a clause can sometimes act as a sentence – this type of clause is called an independent clause. While the independent clause could be used by itself as a complete sentence, the subordinate clause could not.
Q. What is the use of clauses?
A clause is the basic building block of a sentence; by definition, it must contain a subject and a verb. Although they appear simple, clauses can function in complex ways in English grammar. A clause can function as a simple sentence, or it may be joined to other clauses with conjunctions to form complex sentences.
Q. Do I need a comma between two independent clauses?
Thus, it can separate two independent clauses by itself; a comma cannot separate two independent clauses unless it is followed by a coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS).
Q. Do you need a comma between independent and dependent clauses?
The words used to join unequal pairs of clauses are called subordinating conjunctions. If the dependent clause is first (again, rather like an introduction to the main clause), it is followed by a comma (like in this sentence and the next). If the independent clause comes first, no punctuation separates the two.
Q. How do you diagram a dependent clause?
Diagramming dependent clauses can help us with correct pronoun usage. To diagram an entire complex sentence, we attach the dependent clause to the independent clause by connecting the relative pronoun to its antecedent with a dotted line.
Q. How do you diagram a clause?
To diagram sentences with adverb clauses, start by identifying and diagramming the independent clause. Then, find the dependent adverb clause. Diagram the adverb clause below the independent clause, and connect the two clauses with a slanted, dotted line. Put the subordinating conjunction on the dotted line.
Q. What is a list of subordinating conjunctions?
The most common subordinate conjunctions in the English language include: than, rather than, whether, as much as, whereas, that, whatever, which, whichever, after, as soon as, as long as, before, by the time, now that, once, since, till, until, when, whenever, while, though, although, even though, who, whoever, whom.
