Correct way: Joe finished his homework before going to bed. (subordinate clause: before going to bed) Incorrect way: Joe finished his homework going to bed. (incorrect placing of the subordinate clause)
Use commas to separate clauses.
The Captain is subordinate to a General in rank.Subordinate has a few meanings. It can mean below someone in status, e.g 'the peasant was subordinate to the King.'It has a similar meaning in that it can be used to describe someone who works for someone else, e.g 'the politician is subordinate to the Prime Minister.'Another use of subordinate is in 'subordinate clause,' which denotes a part of a sentence that adds to the main clause but cannot be used as a sentence in it's own right. For example, in the sentence 'The man rode quickly on his bike,' the subordinate clause would be 'on his bike,' because that is not a complete sentence.
A subordinate clause is a clause that can not stand alone as a complete sentence, because it does not express a complete thought
An independent clause without a subordinate clause is NOT a sentence fragment. It is an independent clause, therefore it can stand "independently," or alone.However, if you decide to use a subordinating clause, you will need to add a dependent clause because subordinating conjunctions (because, after, although, et al) are used to create a complex sentences(an independent + dependent clause).
You can use subordinate clauses, such as adverbial clauses or relative clauses, to connect ideas in your writing. These clauses provide additional information about the main clause and help to make the relationship between your ideas clear to the reader.
Subordinate and independent clauses can be use in the following sentence: As it is quite cloudy today, we may have a downpour. In the sentence, 'As it is quite cloudy today' is a subordinate clause as it cannot stand alone, and 'we may have a downpour' is an independent clause which can stand on its own.
A complex sentence is where u use a main clause and a subordinate clause example It was raining outside the trampoline was getting wer
main verb in the independent clause. Adverbial clauses always start with a subordinating conjunction and must connect to an independent clause to make sense. For example: Even if I take the train, I still might be late to my appointment
The word "that" is used in a sentence to introduce a clause that provides additional information or clarification. It can be used to connect ideas, indicate relationships between concepts, or to introduce a subordinate clause that adds more detail to the main clause.
Only use apostrophes in contractions, and to show possession
You don't. Apostrophes aren't use to make words plural. The plural of person is people. (One person, two people.) You don't need the apostrophe in apostrophes either.