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Writing Sentences with Subordinate Adverbial Clauses Word
An adverbial clause functions as an adverb to answer questions such as how, when, where, in what way, or how often.
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Roots and Affixes
Examples (subordinate adverbial clauses are in italics): The word subordinate is made
• Although Mr. Fisher seems like a concerned father, he is inattentive to Paul.
• Alternative: Mr. Fisher is inattentive to Paul although he seems like a
up of the Latin prefix sub-, meaning “under” or “below,” and the Latin root -ord-,
concerned father. meaning “order “or “rank.”
• Because Paul is serious about soccer, the Seagulls accept him as a teammate.
• Alternative: The Seagulls accept Paul as a teammate because he is serious about soccer.
Notice that when a subordinate clause begins a sentence, it is followed by a comma. When the sentence ends with the subordinate clause, no comma is necessary.
Complex sentences contain an independent clause and at least one dependent clause. In complex sentences using adverbial clauses, the independent clause carries the important information of the sentence while the less important, or subordinate, information is contained in the subordinate clause. Notice the two different structures in the examples above and how the order of the clauses changes the meaning.
Try rearranging the words in the sentences above one more time. Write them below.
How has the meaning changed? What part of the meaning of the sentence becomes important with your revisions?
Check Your Understanding
Find and highlight at least one subordinate clause in the literary analysis paragraph on the preceding page. Then return to the paragraph you wrote in response to the expository writing prompt on the preceding page and revise it to incoporate a sentence using a subordinate clause. Experiment with different subordinating conjunctions.
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