Dependent clause or not?
Let them eat cake— so said Marie Antoinette or so some say she did.
Is the 'so said' clause dependent. Could you not say:
Let them eat cake. So said Marie Antoinette or so some say she did.
Online defintion of dependent clause.
a dependent clause—will begin with a subordinate conjunction or a relative pronoun and will contain both a subject and a verb. This combination of words will not form a complete sentence.
You can start sentences with conjunctions. And it has the subject and a verb. Sometimes I can't tell if it's a dependent clause or a complete sentence especially when the em dash is separating them. As it can be done for emphasis or to split two related sentences up.
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panda blue 483 Let them eat cake—so said Marie Antoinette , or so some say she did. Is the 'so said' clause dependent ? No.
- panda blue 483 Let them eat cake—so said Marie Antoinette , or so some say she did.
- Is the 'so said' clause dependent ?
- No.
- ] panda blue 483 Could you not say: Let them eat cake.
- So said Marie Antoinette or so some say she did.
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panda blue 483Let them eat cake—so said Marie Antoinette, or so some say she did.
Is the 'so said' clause dependent?
No.
[Actually, she said "Qu'ils mangent de la brioche", or so go the whispers of history.]
panda blue 483Could you no
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