SUBORDINATION PART ONE

I. COMPOUND SENTENCE A sentence that contains at least two clauses and connected with connectors or linkers such as and, so, but, or, nor, yet.
For this kind of questions, it must be remembered that for each clause, there must be 1 subject and 1 predicate and the connector is not placed in the beginning of sentence and began with comma. Example: - George is reading, and Suzan is writing - George is studying, but Suzan is watching TV

II. COMPLEX SENTENCE A sentence that contains at least two clauses; - main clause - subordinate clause

Example: - The rain stopped (main clause) - After the rain stopped (subordinate clause)

II. SUBORDINATE CLAUSE Which is dependent on the main clause for its meaning, may function as: - adjective - adverb, or - noun. Example: - The man who helped me (Adjective) - After she got it (Adverb) - What students do with their book (Noun)

a. ADJECTIVE CLAUSE (RELATIVE CLAUSE) it is a clause that describe a noun. Because the clause is an adjective, it is positioned directly after the noun that it describes. 1. Usually begin with pronoun such as: - whom - whose - which - who - that - where
Example: 1. No one knew the men who were standing outside the room. 2. She knows the man whom you helped. 3. It is important to fill out the form in the way that you have been instructed.

2. Clause marker where, when, and whereby can also be used to introduce adjective clause. - where location ex: The school where I met my husband is now close - when time ex: that was the year when we moved to Alaska.
- whereby to refer to words indicating an agreement ex: They made a deal whereby she would pay for the expenses and he would complete the work by Saturday.

3. Sometimes the adjectives clause is used with preposition. In conversational English, the preposition usually goes at the end of the clause, but formal and written English it goes at the beginning.
Informal: He asked questions that there were no answer for. Formal: He asked questions for which there were no answer.

Informal: Jim was the man whom Linda was referring to. Formal: Jim was the man to whom Linda was referring.

4. If the relative pronoun is the SUBJECT of the adjective clause, it CANNOT be omitted. Example: The man who quit forgot his papers. 5. If the relative pronoun is the OBJECT of the adjective clause, it CAN be omitted. Example: - The picture that I wanted had been sold. - The picture I wanted had been sold.

6. If the relative pronoun is the OBJECT of the PREPOSITION in adjective clause, it CAN be omitted, and the preposition goes to the end of the clause. Example: - The man for whom I work gave the a bonus - The man I work for has given me a raise.
7. The relative pronoun whose CANNOT be omitted. Example: The man whose opinion we respect teaches at local community college.

8. The clause marker when CAN be omitted. Example: - That was the year when the miners were on strike. - That was the year the miners were on strike.
9. Where and Whereby CANNOT be omitted. Example: - Thats the room where I was born. - The factory devised a system whereby we could get more overtime work.

10. The Adjective Clause must have a subject and a verb to be completed. Example: - The music that we heard was composed by Bach. S V - The music that was played made me sad. S V