The " militia " bit is a subordinate clause explaining the independent clause, not limiting it .-- talk ) 09 : 36, 22 February 2013 ( UTC)
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:: The " second " " however " is a conjunction ( governing the subordinate clause " however it happened " ) and must not have a comma.
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The particular wording of the sentence under consideration suggests subordinate clause, so # 1 is correct .-talk [ + ] 23 : 05, 2 June 2006 ( UTC)
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These included looking at syntactic structure like finding a subordinate clause, analyzing discourse structure like where a discussion starts and ends, and looking at topical content like examining vocabulary.
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A distinguishing feature of German speakers in written English is their use of German punctuation rules, which state that every subordinate clause must be marked off by a comma.
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Note that the clitic can not form a single verb with certain conjunctions, nor start the subordinate clause, as it would change the meaning to the subjunctive, e . g.
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I " think " that the bit after the comma is an example of a Nebensatz or subordinate clause; is that right, and how does one recognise such a thing?
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We can tell the way a writer thinks by looking at his or her desire to use, say, the opposite comma or, as a sentence nears completion, the subordinate clause.
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For example, if the clause density is 2.0, the ratio would indicate that the sentence being analyzed has 2 clauses on average : one main clause and one subordinate clause.
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:" En donnant cadeaux " is a subordinate clause, and needs to be attached to a main clause . . . talk ) 03 : 57, 6 September 2010 ( UTC)