dependent clause
91Subjunctive in Dutch — The subjunctive mood in Dutch is a verb mood typically used in dependent clauses to express a wish, command, emotion, possibility, uncertainty, doubt, judgment, opinion, necessity, or action that has not yet occurred. It is also referred to as… …
92Antecedent (grammar) — In grammar, an antecedent is generally the noun or noun phrase to which an anaphor refers in a coreference. However, an antecedent can also be a clause, especially when the anaphor is a demonstrative. In these sentences, the antecedent is in bold …
93complex sentence — noun a sentence composed of at least one main clause and one subordinate clause • Hypernyms: ↑sentence • Hyponyms: ↑loose sentence, ↑periodic sentence • Part Meronyms: ↑main clause, ↑independent clause, ↑ …
94Grammatical conjunction — In grammar, a conjunction is a part of speech that connects two words, phrases or clauses together. This definition may overlap with that of other parts of speech, so what constitutes a conjunction should be defined for each language. In general …
95Complementizer — In linguistics (especially generative grammar), a complementizer (or complementiser) is a syntactic category (part of speech) roughly equivalent to the term subordinating conjunction in traditional grammar. For example, the word that is generally …
96relative — [rel′ə tiv] adj. [< MFr or L: MFr relatif < L relativus < L relatus: see RELATE] 1. related each to the other; dependent upon or referring to each other [to stay in the same relative positions] 2. having to do with; pertinent; relevant… …
97subordinating conjunction — noun 1. the subordination that occurs when a conjunction makes one linguistic unit a constituent of another • Hypernyms: ↑conjunction 2. a conjunction (like since or that or who ) that introduces a dependent clause • Syn: ↑subordinate conjunction …
98Plautdietsch — language name=Plautdietsch states=Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Mexico, Paraguay, Russia, United States, Ukraine speakers=260,710 – 318,500 [Probably less than 300,000 Plautdietsch speakers out of nearly 8 million Low… …
99Plautdietsch language — Plautdietsch Spoken in Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Russia, United States, Ukraine, Uruguay Native speakers 260,710 – 318,500 …
100compound sentence — a sentence containing two or more coordinate independent clauses, usually joined by one or more conjunctions, but no dependent clause, as The lightning flashed (independent clause) and (conjunction) the rain fell (independent clause). [1765 75] * …
