subordinate clause

Noun

Singular subordinate clause

Plural subordinate clauses

1. (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.

Grammar (edit)
parts of speech	noun - verb - adjective - adnoun - adverb - determinative/determiner - article - participle - pronoun - conjunction - preposition - interjection
grammatical functions	head - dependent - subject - predicate - predicator - object - complement - predicative complement - predicative adjunct - predicative oblique - appositive oblique - modifier - supplement - adjunct - determiner/specifier
clauses	main clause - dependent clause - subordinate clause - relative clause