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Rewrite the following sentences using clauses in place of words in italics.
1. Did he explain the purpose of his coming?
2. His simplicity proves his greatness.
3. Being ill he is on leave.
4. He turned very excited to hear this.
5. He declared his innocence.
6. I intend to go to my native laco hafora mi death
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Answer:
Definition of clause
A group of words containing a subject and predicate and functioning as a member of a complex or compound sentence.
The sentence "When it rained they went inside" consists of two clauses: "When it rained" and "they went inside."
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"When it rained" cannot stand alone: When it rained . . . what? What happened when it rained?
Again, from the Merriam-Webster site:
Definition of subordinate clause
A clause that does not form a simple sentence by itself and that is connected to the main clause of a sentence.
In the sentence "I went home because I felt ill," "because I felt ill" is a subordinate clause.
A subordinate clause has a subject and verb, but cannot stand alone as a sentence, because it begins with a Subordinate Conjunction or a Relative Pronoun, that connects (subordinates) the clause to the main one.
Check out this site for a really good list of subordinating conjunctions, relative pronouns and examples (
Did he explain where the purpose of his coming