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Ganesh77 Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

independent clauses

0Do either of these two sentences have a dependent clause? If so, what is the subordinator? 1) Please tell me where the bank is. 2) Last year, the government reported that drug use is increasing. 0-
  

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0Italics for dependent clauses, bold for subordinators: 02br 001) Please tell me 01i 01b 00where02b 00 the bank is02i 00. 02br 002) Last year, the government reported 01i 01b 00that 02b 00drug use is increasing02i 00. 0-

— Marius Hancu

  • 0Italics for dependent clauses, bold for subordinators: 02br 001) Please tell me 01i 01b 00where02b 00 the bank is02i 00.
  • 02br 002) Last year, the government reported 01i 01b 00that 02b 00drug use is increasing02i 00.
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0Italics for dependent clauses, bold for subordinators: 02br
001) Please tell me 01i01b00where02b00 the bank is02i00. 02br
002) Last year, the government reported 01i01b00that 02b00drug use is increasing02i00. 0-
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0Thx for the reply Marius!02br
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00An independent clause can stand alone as a sentence. "Please tell me" can stand alone as an imperative, but "Last year, the government reported" is incomplete without an object. Can "Please tell me" be considered an independent clause? What about "Last year, the government reported"? 0-
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0 In the strict sense, you may be right, but I still stick to my interpretation. Add an "something" for an object:-) 0-
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But i don understand how can "drug use is increasing" is a dependent clause since it can stand alone.
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