subordinate clause
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- (grammar) A subordinate clause is a clause inside another clause.
- In the following sentences, the subordinate clause is underlined.
- I wonder if it will rain today.
- They wanted a promise that no one would be punished.
- That no one believed me was not a surprise.
- They saw nobody they knew.
- This has been going on for so long that it 's not even news anymore.
- In the following sentences, the subordinate clause is underlined.
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