what is subordinate clause.?

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Inlinguistics, adependent clause(or asubordinate clause) is aclausethat augments anindependent clausewith additional information, but which cannot stand alone as asentence. Dependent clauses either modify the independent clause of a sentence or serve as a component of it. Some grammarians use the termsubordinate clauseas a synonym fordependent clause.Other grammars usesubordinate clauseto refer only to adverbial dependent clauses. There are also different types of dependent clauses, including noun clauses, relative (adjectival) clauses, andbadverial clauses.

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Inlinguistics, adependent clause(or asubordinate clause) is aclausethat augments anindependent clausewith additional information, but which cannot stand alone as asentence. Dependent clauses either modify the independent clause of a sentence or serve as a component of it. Some grammarians use the termsubordinate clauseas a synonym fordependent clause.Other grammars usesubordinate clauseto refer only to adverbial dependent clauses. There are also different types of dependent clauses, including noun clauses, relative (adjectival) clauses, and adverbial clauses.

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