Hi, The distinction between indepenent clauses and subordinate (or dependent) clauses is fundamental to an unerstanding of English clause structure. As was mentioned earlier ,a clause must have a subject and a verb, and this goes for independent and subordinate clauses alike. Question) As was mentioned earlier <= what kind of omission is this?
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