Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Combine each pair of sentences that follow into one sentence by creating a subordinate clause that presents information about a verb.A person's...

  • A subordinate clause--also termed a dependent
    clause--expresses a complete thought with a subject and a verb [acting as the
    predicate].  However, it is dependent upon a main clause for complete meaning. 
    Therefore, it is not a complete sentence.

  • A subordinate
    clause can be either an adjective clause that modifies a noun or pronoun, or an adverb
    clause that modifies a verb[predicate].

  • Subordinate
    clauses that are adjective clauses begin with such words as that, which,
    who
    , etc.  (See the link below for
    more)

  • Subordinate clauses that are adverbial clauses
    begin with subordinating conjunctions such as when, while, whenever, if,
    until, unless, so that, even though, after
    , etc.  (See the link for
    more)

In order to combine the above-mentioned
sentences using a subordinate clause, the writer can employ an adjective
clause:


A person's skin that is exposed to
sunlight usually turns darker.

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