Answer: comma
A _____ should follow a dependent clause when the dependent clause comes first in a sentence.
Thu Sep 30 2004 14:30:00 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time) ยท A subordinate clause dependent clause or embedded clause is a clause that is embedded inside another clause . For instance in the English sentence “I know that Bette is a dolphin” the clause “that Bette is a dolphin” occurs as the complement of the verb “know” rather than as a freestanding sentence .Subtypes of dependent clauses include content clauses relative clauses and adverbial clauses
Dependent words. In Indo-European languages a dependent clause usually begins with a dependent word.One kind of dependent word is a subordinating conjunction.Subordinating conjunctions are used to begin dependent clauses known as adverbial clauses which serve as adverbs.In the following examples the adverbial clauses are bold and the subordinating conjunctions are italicized:
In English language a compound sentence is composed of at least two independent clauses . It does not require a dependent clause . The clauses are joined by a coordinating conjunction (with or without a comma) a semicolon that functions as a conjunction a colon instead of a semicolon between two sentences when the second sentence explains or illustrates t…
Thu Sep 30 2004 14:30:00 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time) ยท A subordinate clause dependent clause or embedded clause is a clause that is embedded inside another clause . For instance in the English sentence “I know that Bette is a dolphin” the clause “that Bette is a dolphin” occurs as the complement of the verb “know” rather than as a freestanding sentence .Subtypes of dependent clauses include content clauses relative clauses and adverbial clauses
Dependent words. In Indo-European languages a dependent clause usually begins with a dependent word.One kind of dependent word is a subordinating conjunction.Subordinating conjunctions are used to begin dependent clauses known as adverbial clauses which serve as adverbs.In the following examples the adverbial clauses are bold and the subordinating conjunctions are italicized:
In English language a compound sentence is composed of at least two independent clauses . It does not require a dependent clause . The clauses are joined by a coordinating conjunction (with or without a comma) a semicolon that functions as a conjunction a colon instead of a semicolon between two sentences when the second sentence explains or illustrates t…