In a complex sentence, there is one main clause or idea and at least one subordinate idea or clause.
For example: “When I was young, radio programs were very popular.”
“When I was young’ is the subordinate clause. It needs the main clause ‘radio programs were very popular’ in order for the sentence to be complete and make sense. In other words, the subordinate clause depends on the main clause and can’t stand on its own.
The main and subordinate ideas are also joined together with conjunctions, the subordinate ones.
For example: “We would place a large order if you gave us a good price.”
In the example above, ‘we would place a larger order’ is the main clause, while ‘if you gave us a good price’ is the subordinate clause. The two clauses are connected with the subordinate conjunction ‘if.’
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