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Though there are some nuances I am omitting here, picking out a dependent clause is about finding the subject and verb and then checking for a word out in the front that goes with that subject and ...

The difference between a dependent clause and a prepositional phrase is that the clause has a subject and a verb. ...We will meet after dinner. (phrase) ...We will meet after we eat. (clause) ......

...to the semi I was behind a couple of days ago, it is "oversizeD load." That is all for today. Happy punctuating! Margie

We see this same pattern often: We have finished a sentence; then we throw in something that renames the subject of that sentence. ...We decided to spend the weekend away -- my husband and I....Th...

...The key that was hidden on the premises -- is it the one you used to get in that night? "The key that was hidden on the premises" is the start of a sentence that never gets finished. Then the ...

On a personal note: It has been a very sad week for me. Jim Barker, of Searchmaster, passed away suddenly on Thursday. Jim and I interacted almost every day and have for a couple of years on his f...

The word “that” is a problem in a clause in that it doesn’t always have something that it is doing in the clause it starts and can therefore be left out. It is equally correct to say. ...I know th...

This construction has the grammar elements turned around and out of order. The word "that" is the direct object, which has been pulled out to the front of the sentence. If the direct object were...

When an adverb clause comes in the middle of what it modifies, it takes commas around it. When the element it modifies is inside another dependent clause, the adverb clause still takes commas aroun...