Term of use/contrast.
What the girl did was not very helpful.
We will do whatever is necessary.
A helium nucleus has two protons, whereas hydrogen has only one.
He finally finished his novel, after months of research.
These were taken from a list showing dependent clauses.
What do we call the contrast in these examples. The bottom two examples have independent clause followed by subordinate.
But the subordinate clause in the first two examples is relying on the rest of the sentence: as in the example - was not very helpful and we will do.
In other words they don't logically stand alone but do when balanced in the sentence. Versus the other examples which can be split up.
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panda blue 483 What the girl did was not very helpful. We will do whatever is necessary. These are fused relative clauses used as subject and direct object, respectively.
- panda blue 483 What the girl did was not very helpful.
- We will do whatever is necessary.
- These are fused relative clauses used as subject and direct object, respectively.
- panda blue 483 A helium nucleus has two protons, whereas hydrogen has only one.
- whereas is a conjunctive adverb.
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panda blue 483What the girl did was not very helpful.
We will do whatever is necessary.
These are fused relative clauses used as subject and direct object, respectively.
panda blue 483A helium nucleus has two protons, whereas hydrogen has only one.
whereas is a conjunctive adverb.
0panda blue 483What the girl did was not very helpful.
We will do whatever is necessary.
Some people also call these "noun clauses" (since they act like a noun in the sentence).
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