Luyện ngữ pháp - English Grammar for Academic Purposes (Chapter 3: Building Sentences - Adverb Clauses))


II. BUILDING COMPOUND AND COMPLEX SENTENCES

1. Compound Sentences: Joining Two Independent Clauses

In a compound sentence, one independent clause is always connected to another independent clause. They are connected by 'Coordinating Conjunctions'. In the workplace or in the military, a subordinate is a person who is under someone or lower in rank than someone—a boss or supervisor.

So, subordinate clauses are clauses that have a 'lesser' role or meaning in a sentence. When a conjunction is added to a clause, the idea of that clause is no longer complete.

Example

We were watching a movie. (independent clause)

While we were watching a movie. ('while' is added, and now the idea is no longer complete. If we say this, someone else would ask, "What? What were you doing while you were watching a movie?")

Remember, a 'child' clause must always have an 'adult' clause with it. In the example above, the meaning of the dependent clause is not complete. The main clause, the independent clause, completes the meaning of the dependent clause. We can add an independent clause to complete the idea.

Example

While we were watching a movie. (dependent clause)

ADD another independent clause to complete the idea:

• While we were watching a movie, we were eating pizza.
- II. BUILDING COMPOUND AND COMPLEX SENTENCES - 1.1 Coordinating Conjunctions Join Independent Clauses


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