dependent clause

One can also express a wish without using a dependent clause.

In these cases, the subject of the dependent clause may take a non-nominative form.

The example below uses an independent and dependent clause.

"In one sentence, with no more than two dependent clauses," I instruct, "tell me why you would make a great president."

A simple sentence consists of a single independent clause with no dependent clauses.

His style is declarative, with hardly a dependent clause.

But he has already succeeded in rewriting the first dependent clause of his obituary.

Some types of dependent clauses have the verb in the indicative mood.

This should be written in short grammatical sentences with the minimum of dependent clauses.

Verbs in their conjunct form are the equivalent of English dependent clause.

Dependent clauses must come before the main clause.

An example in which the subject complement is a dependent clause is:

I always get confused between dependent clauses and independent clauses in English.

In the latter sentence, "What my point is" is a dependent clause, and functions as a subject.

The word order changes also depending on whether the phrase is a main clause or a dependent clause.

It does not require a dependent clause.

The genitive indicates possession, and is used after adjectives that can introduce a dependent clause.

People get shot in dependent clauses.

For instance, the non-finite clause is more "delicate" than the dependent clause.

A single dependent clause - "though we bless them for choosing life" - lightly touched an antiabortion base.

(See also the obligatory use of present tense with future meaning in some dependent clauses.)

Increased presence of complex sentences with main or dependent clauses using demonstratives:

Other grammars use subordinate clause to refer only to adverbial dependent clauses.

The above sentence contains two dependent clauses.

It's neither a complete independent clause nor a complete dependent clause.