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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

subordinate clauses

what are the subordinate clauses in this sentence? Please could you explain how they have been identified

' the advantage relates to the fact human language is a superior instrument of communication between people'

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Anonymous What are the subordinate clauses in this sentence? The advantage relates to the fact that human language is a superior instrument of communication between people .

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AnonymousWhat are the subordinate clauses in this sentence?
The advantage relates to the fact that human language is a superior instrument of communication between people.
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A subordinate clause is a part of a sentence that can't be a sentence by itself. It's also known as a dependent clause, because it depends on an independent clause to be a complete sentence. The independent clause in your sentence above is "human language is a superior instrument of communication between people", because it can stand alone as a complete sentence. Therefore, "the advantage relates
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Clex19The independent clause in your sentence above is "human language is a superior instrument of communication between people", because it can stand alone as a complete sentence. Therefore, "the advantage relates to the fact" is a subordinate clause, because it can't be a complete sentence on its own.
Not quite. The dependent clause that human lang
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therefore is this a content clause as it functions as the complement within the larger construction? more specifically is it a declarative content clause?
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