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Chapter4:BeyondtheSimpleSentence:SubordinationSofaryouhavestudiedhowtoputtwosentencestogetherbycoordinatingthem,thatiskeepingthemequal.ChapterFourexploressubordinationwhichisputtingsentencestogetherbyturningoneofthemintoadependentclause.Adependentclauseisstillaclause;ithasasubjectandaverb,butdoesNOTmakesensebyitself.Adependentclausedependsonanotherindependentclauseinordertomakesense.Dependentclausesarecreatedbyusingsubordinatingconjunctionstojointhetwosentences.Thesubordinatingconjunctioncanbeaddedateitherthebeginningofthefirstsentenceorbetweenthetwosentencesyouarejoining.Thissentencepatternofoneindependentclauseandoneormoredependentclausesiscalledacomplexsentence.Punctuatingcomplexsentencesisfairlysimple.Ifthedependentclausebeginsthesentencethenacommaisusedattheendofthedependentclause.Iftheindependentclausebeginsthesentence,thennocommaisnecessary.Usingsubordinationandcoordinationhelpsyourwritingbygivingitvarietyandinterestinthesentencestructures.[1]