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Can you answer these 8th grade english questions?
Is the following clause a principal, subordinate, or co-ordinate?
1) The oil wells are dry.
Is the following capitalized clause a principal, subordinate, or co-ordinate?
2) This is the town WHERE I LIVE.
Is the following clause a principal, subordinate, or co-ordinate?
3) Joe is the leader of the gang.
5 Answers
- MercyLv 72 years ago
Principle clause is nothing but independent sentence that makes complete sense.
Subordinate clause means dependent clause which is incomplete.
Example:While walking in the park , I found a purse.
Here ‘while walking in the park' does not make complete sense. Where as other part of the sentence 'I found a purse,’ makes complete sense.(principal clause)
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1) The oil wells are dry.
dependent
2) This is the town WHERE I LIVE.
dependent
3) Joe is the leader of the gang.
dependent
Source(s): Kumar - ?Lv 72 years ago
Interesting. Those are not the terms used by any grammar book I know of. They are usually known as main clauses, independent clauses or dependent clauses. Where are you studying? Naming clause is not at all helpful in learning to use English correctly. Tell your teacher that. You need to be reading and writing where you use the structures in context.
- Anonymous2 years ago
1) principal
2) relative or subordinate clause
3) principal
- Anonymous2 years ago
Yes. Yes I can.
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- Anonymous2 years ago
Yes, of course I can. So can 7 billion other people currently living on the planet.