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Dependent clause

A dependent clause, also known as a subordinate clause, subclause or embedded clause, is a certain type of clause that juxtaposes an independent clause within a complex sentence. For instance, in the sentence "I know Bette is a dolphin", the clause "Bette is a dolphin" occurs as the complement of the verb "know" rather than as a freestanding sentence.…

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Dependent clause

Nodes31
Edges30
Triples26
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.064516
Components1

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Dependent clause

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related to Adverbial clause · 8
Dependent clause → Adverbial, For, Guggenheim Museum, He, Mary, New York, They, When
related to Relative (adjectival) clause · 7
Dependent clause → English, He, However, In Indo-European, It, Like, The
related to External links · 4
Dependent clause → Archive, Dependent Clauses, Identifying Independent, Owl Online Writing Lab
related to Sentence structure · 4
Dependent clause → English, Every, Here, My
related to Non-finite dependent clauses · 3
Dependent clause → Dependent, For, Sit

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clause sentence dependent clauses relative subject independent adjective know verb also content adverbial object english pronoun example contains conjunction complement

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Dependent clauserelated to Adverbial clauseHe0.60section
Dependent clauserelated to Adverbial clauseMary0.60section
Dependent clauserelated to Adverbial clauseNew York0.60section
Dependent clauserelated to Adverbial clauseThey0.60section
Dependent clauserelated to Adverbial clauseAdverbial0.60section
Dependent clauserelated to Adverbial clauseFor0.60section
Dependent clauserelated to Adverbial clauseWhen0.60section
Dependent clauserelated to Adverbial clauseGuggenheim Museum0.60section
Dependent clauserelated to External linksOwl Online Writing Lab0.60section
Dependent clauserelated to External linksArchive0.60section
Dependent clauserelated to External linksIdentifying Independent0.60section
Dependent clauserelated to External linksDependent Clauses0.60section

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