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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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Embedded clause

what is a embedded clause?
  

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An embedded clause is a clause inside a bigger clause. Below you have a sentence which contains an embedded clause (underlined). The whole sentence is the bigger clause that contains the embedded clause.

  • An embedded clause is a clause inside a bigger clause.
  • Below you have a sentence which contains an embedded clause (underlined).
  • The whole sentence is the bigger clause that contains the embedded clause.
  • I didn't know whether John had gone to the party .
  • CJ
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An embedded clause is a clause inside a bigger clause. Below you have a sentence which contains an embedded clause (underlined). The whole sentence is the bigger clause that contains the embedded clause.

I didn't know whether John had gone to the party.

CJ

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