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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Subordinating adverds
I am trying to learn what a subordinating adverb is . Here is a sample sentence ..... When our humanities class was over, we hirried to lunch. Can you help me understand what this is and how to identify it . Thank you .
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"When" is an adverb of time. It introduces the first clause. Your sentence has two proper clauses in the traditional sense.
- "When" is an adverb of time.
- It introduces the first clause.
- Your sentence has two proper clauses in the traditional sense.
- Each could be an independent sentence: Our humanities class was over.
- We hurried to lunch.
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"When" is an adverb of time. It introduces the first clause.
Your sentence has two proper clauses in the traditional sense. Each could be an independent sentence:
Our humanities class was over.
We hurried to lunch.
If you want to consider both of these ideas equally important, use a conjunction like "and."
Our humanities class was over, a
Your sentence has two proper clauses in the traditional sense. Each could be an independent sentence:
Our humanities class was over.
We hurried to lunch.
If you want to consider both of these ideas equally important, use a conjunction like "and."
Our humanities class was over, a
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I would describe this differently, but perhaps terms have changed.
I would say that your sentence uses a subordinating conjunction (when) to introduce an adverbial clause (when our humanities class was over). That clause modifies the independent clause (We hurried to lunch).
Let me rearrange the sentence to make this clearer:
I would say that your sentence uses a subordinating conjunction (when) to introduce an adverbial clause (when our humanities class was over). That clause modifies the independent clause (We hurried to lunch).
Let me rearrange the sentence to make this clearer:
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