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.
Note that the word subordinate can be either an adjective or a verb. Here is an example of the use of this word as a verb. An soldier must be prepared to subordinate his own interets to those of his nation. And here as an adjective: The captain was subordinate to the general.
In the sentence, "Dolly must clean up her room before she goes out," the word that begins the subordinate clause is before. The subordinate clause is "before she goes out."
A second mortgage has a subordinate interest to a first mortgage. The vice president is the president's subordinate. My desire for entertainment is subordinate to my need for food.
It is no kind of conjunction. The word during is a preposition.
The general never looked at his subordinate officers when addressing them.
Note that the word subordinate can be either an adjective or a verb. Here is an example of the use of this word as a verb. An soldier must be prepared to subordinate his own interets to those of his nation. And here as an adjective: The captain was subordinate to the general.
The subordinate clause in your sentence begins with the word before.
In the sentence, "Dolly must clean up her room before she goes out," the word that begins the subordinate clause is before. The subordinate clause is "before she goes out."
A complex sentence is where u use a main clause and a subordinate clause example It was raining outside the trampoline was getting wer
A second mortgage has a subordinate interest to a first mortgage. The vice president is the president's subordinate. My desire for entertainment is subordinate to my need for food.
Fragment, subordinate clause; indecision, delay, hesitation; hodgepodge, nonsense
It is no kind of conjunction. The word during is a preposition.
The general never looked at his subordinate officers when addressing them.
The tsar was the absolute ruler of his empire, although this was mainly through subordinate leaders. The Slavic word tsar is a form of the word czar, which in modern use means an individual in overall authority for a government function.
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.
A subordinate clause has a verb and another sentence within it.../././././././././.
You have a complex sentence. Best is the last word of a complete sentence. When is an adverb. It is followed by the word They. The word They starts a complete sentence. Thus, the word when makes the second sentence subordinate to the first sentence. That makes it complex.