<span class="searchmatch">subject</span> <span class="searchmatch">clauses</span> plural of <span class="searchmatch">subject</span> <span class="searchmatch">clause</span>...
<span class="searchmatch">subject</span> <span class="searchmatch">clause</span> (plural <span class="searchmatch">subject</span> <span class="searchmatch">clauses</span>) (grammar) a <span class="searchmatch">clause</span> that is the <span class="searchmatch">subject</span> of a sentence <span class="searchmatch">clause</span> which is the <span class="searchmatch">subject</span>...
main <span class="searchmatch">clause</span> (plural main <span class="searchmatch">clauses</span>) (grammar) A <span class="searchmatch">clause</span> that can stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence and contains at least a <span class="searchmatch">subject</span> and a verb...
(Independent <span class="searchmatch">clauses</span> can be sentences; they can also be part of a sentence. Dependent <span class="searchmatch">clauses</span> can only be part of a sentence.) Hyponyms: main <span class="searchmatch">clause</span>, independent...
impersonal <span class="searchmatch">subject</span> (plural impersonal <span class="searchmatch">subjects</span>) a pronoun such as it used as the <span class="searchmatch">subject</span> of a <span class="searchmatch">clause</span> involving weather, distance, or time pronoun when...
on: noun <span class="searchmatch">clause</span> Wikipedia noun <span class="searchmatch">clause</span> (plural noun <span class="searchmatch">clauses</span>) (grammar) A <span class="searchmatch">clause</span> that is used as a <span class="searchmatch">subject</span> or object. Synonym: nominal <span class="searchmatch">clause</span> Hypernyms:...
clauses with verbs denoting an action, the <span class="searchmatch">subject</span> is the actor. In <span class="searchmatch">clauses</span> in the passive voice the <span class="searchmatch">subject</span> is the target of the action. Antonyms: object;...
Wikipedia From <span class="searchmatch">subject</span> + complement. <span class="searchmatch">subject</span> complement (plural <span class="searchmatch">subject</span> complements) (grammar) A complement which is coupled to a <span class="searchmatch">subject</span>. In the sentence...
objective <span class="searchmatch">clause</span> (plural objective <span class="searchmatch">clauses</span>) (grammar) A <span class="searchmatch">clause</span> that takes place of the direct object of a verb. 1852, L. T. Covell, Covell's Digest of...
grammars tend to call content clauses “noun <span class="searchmatch">clauses</span>” because of a feeling that content <span class="searchmatch">clauses</span> can serve as <span class="searchmatch">subjects</span> and objects of verbs, just like nouns (by...