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subordinate clause Noun

— A subordinate clause is a clause inside another clause.

— In the following sentences, the subordinate clause is underlined.

— I wonder uif it will rain today/u.

— They wanted a promise uthat no one would be punished/u.

— uThat no one believed me/u was not a surprise.

— They saw nobody uthey knew/u.

— This has been going on for so long uthat it 's not even news anymore/u.

subordinate clause

— 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

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