The guinea hens ,that my neighbor raises, are better that watchdogs.
farmers grow crops
No, it is not. An adverbial clause has a subject and predicate.Although Mary ate lunch, she still craved an apple.
a noun
adverb
claws, clause paws, pause
The clause "that your neighbor raises" is a subordinate element of the sentence.
"that your neighbor raises" is the subordinate clause. mykel howard
The subordinate clause in the sentence is "that your neighbor raises." It provides additional information about the guinea hens, specifying where they come from.
There isn't a difference between a subordinate clause and a subordinate clause.
Yes, a comma is generally needed when a subordinate clause begins with a subordinate conjunction. The comma is used to separate the subordinate clause from the main clause.
"After the bridge collapsed" is the subordinate clause. It begins with "after", a subordinate conjunction, and it cannot stand alone as a sentence. A subordinate clause is also called a dependent clause.
Although there are many subordinate conjunctions, the most common are "and", "but", and "or". A subordinate conjunction connects a subordinate clause (a clause that cannot stand alone as a sentence) to a main clause (a complete sentence).
Subordinate clauseA subordinate (or dependent) clause is a clause that needs another clause. Unlike independent clauses it cannot stand alone. The word because is usually a good indicator of a subordinate clause.
If you have the subordinate clause before the main clause, you write a comma. However, the rules are a bit different for relative pronouns connecting main and subordinate clause.
If you have the subordinate clause before the main clause, you write a comma. However, the rules are a bit different for relative pronouns connecting main and subordinate clause.
A main clause = it is independent, i.e. it does not depend on any other sentence. A subordinate clause = a sentence depending on/subordinated to a another sentence, either a main clause or another subordinate clause. (you ask the main clause a question and you answer with the subordinate). e.g. "Can you tell me/ (the main clause) when the book was written?" ( the subordinate clause = a Direct Object). or "This is the book/ that I told you about". (the second clause is an Attributive or a Relative Clause). or If she had know this, / she wouldn't have trusted him." (the first sentence is an If Clause or a Conditional).
"After I finish my homework" (time subordinate clause) "Because she loves to travel" (cause subordinate clause) "Who is sitting by the window" (relative subordinate clause) "That he had spoken to earlier" (indirect statement subordinate clause)