chapter 6: practice exercises The practice exercises on this page are designed to help you understand the concepts in this chapter more fully. These include both interactive exercises and more complex exercises. The list below offers …
chapter 6: analyzing examples The English language is messy, and many times analyzing for grammatical elements is not always as obvious as the simple examples that we use on the content pages. So to assist …
chapter 6: nominal clauses The most common nominal clauses are interrogative clauses and (nominal) THAT-clauses. Nominal clauses are formed when an interrogative or nominal-THAT precedes the subject of the clause. On occasion, they may replace the …
chapter 6: relative clauses The next dependent clause form is the relative clause, which is formed when a relative (either relative pronoun or relative adverb) introduces a clause by replacing the subject of the clause. This relative …
chapter 6: subordinate clauses The first dependent clause form is the subordinate clause, which is formed when a a subordinating element, such as a subordinator, immediately precedes the subject of the clause. The subordinator, therefore, is the …
chapter 6: dependent clauses A dependent clause is a clause that is unable to stand independently because of its DEPENDENT MARKER which requires that it function either nominally, adjectivally, or adverbially. This means that a dependent …
chapter 6: independent clauses An independent clause is a clause that is able to stand alone as a sentence and is NOT preceded by a dependent marker. For an independent clause, the subject is the …
chapter 6: introduction This chapter will describe the form and function of clauses. There are two primary clause forms: independent clauses and dependent clauses. As we described in Chapter 5, a CLAUSE is a …
chapter 5: practice exercises The practice exercises on this page are designed to help you understand the concepts in this chapter more fully. These include both interactive exercises and more complex exercises. The table below lists …
chapter 5: analyzing examples The English language is messy, and many times analyzing for grammatical elements is not always as obvious as the simple examples that we use on the content pages. So to assist …