LIN204H1 Lecture Notes - Preposition And Postposition, Dependent Clause
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[if / whether / that ] + clause e. g. e. g. he asked if i could lend him money. If = subordinator, and everything including and after if = subordinating clause. I wonder if they are coming to the party. If they are coming to the party = subordinate clause. Sometimes clauses will appear inside of another clause: Clauses that typically occur within larger clauses are called: subordinate clauses e. g. i know [that she bought a book] Subordinate clause = that she bought a book. Most of the time subordinate clauses = d. o. s. Another property of subordinate clauses is that they are sometimes (though not always) introduced by: One property of subordinate clauses is that they can be added recursively (over and over in the same way) This is sort of like russian matryoshka dolls, which each fit inside a larger doll. The following mother goose rhyme also illustrates the property of recursion:
