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A subordinate clause, otherwise known as a dependent clause or a relative clause is a phrase that must be attached to an independent clause — a series of words that can stand on its own as a [...]

A complex sentence has an independent clause joined by one or more dependent or subordinate clauses.  We want to express two or more ideas in one sentence. A dependent clause cannot stand alone [...]

Conjunctions connect words, phrases, or groups of words in a sentence.  “Conjunction” comes from the Latin word conjungere (join together). The words or phrases being connected should [...]