For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Last week’s column that discussed the use of comas, semi and full colons, and mentioned ...

A dependent clause cannot stand alone, though they often contain both a subject and a verb. Where independent clauses express complete thoughts, dependent clauses do not, and left on their own, ...

An independent clause consists of a subject (e.g. “the dog”) and a verb (e.g. “barked”) creating a complete thought. The dog barked. A dependent clause cannot stand alone even if it contains a subject ...

Many sentences may contain two independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses joined with appropriate conjunctions and/or punctuation. Combining two or more sentences without appropriate ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. A relative clause can be used to give additional information about a noun. They are introduced by a relative pronoun ...

Gitksan, like all Tsimshianic languages, distinguishes between independent and dependent clauses, a contrast that broadly corresponds to the matrix/embedded clause distinction. However, some matrix ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. A relative clause can be used to give additional information about a noun. They are introduced by a relative pronoun ...