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Cup cake Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Phrases

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I'm writing an exercise for my class and am wondering about this sentence:

' When you fry eggs, they cook quickly.'

Would you say that - they cook quickly - is a subordinate clause, or just a phrase?

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Cup cake Would you say that - they cook quickly - is a subordinate clause, or just a phrase? No, it's the main clause of the sentence. The subordinate clause is 'when you fry eggs'.

— Mister Micawber

  • Cup cake Would you say that - they cook quickly - is a subordinate clause, or just a phrase?
  • No, it's the main clause of the sentence.
  • The subordinate clause is 'when you fry eggs'.
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Cup cakeWould you say that - they cook quickly - is a subordinate clause, or just a phrase?
No, it's the main clause of the sentence. The subordinate clause is 'when you fry eggs'.
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Gosh, thanks Mr M.

I don't know why I didn't see it.
It's as clear as mud now.

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Whoops...

wrong idiom.

Clear as a bell maybe?

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