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coordinate clause

NOUN
  1. a clause in a complex sentence that is grammatically equivalent to the main clause and that performs the same grammatical function

How To Use coordinate clause In A Sentence

  • The linked units that result are said to be coordinated or coordinate: for example, a coordinate clause.
  • In the sentence 'It stopped raining and the sun came out', 'It stopped raining' and 'the sun came out' are both coordinate clauses, joined by the word 'and'.
  • In the sentence 'It stopped raining and the sun came out', 'It stopped raining' and 'the sun came out' are both coordinate clauses, joined by the word 'and'.
  • The Perfect Passive Participle is often equivalent to a coördinate clause; as, -- urbem captam dīruit, _he captured and destroyed the city_ (lit. _he destroyed the city captured_). New Latin Grammar
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