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Complex Sentences

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Main and subordinate clauses

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Clauses We can see the clause when we have two or more sentences acting like one of them.  Here we have two different types of clauses: Main clause The main clause is a group of words that can stand on its own. Is usually contains at least a subject and a verb. This is sometimes called a "simple sentence" or a "finite sentence" (according to the book English Grammar II Supporting material ). For example:  Diane kicked the soda machine. Diane: the subject; Kicked: the verb. Subordinate clause A subordinate clause—also called a  dependent clause —will begin with a  subordinate conjunction  or a  relative pronoun  and will contain both a  subject  and a  verb . this combination of words will  not  form a  complete sentence . it will instead make a reader want additional information to finish the thought (Grammar Bytes). For example: After Amy sneezed all over the tuna salad ...