University lessons of English language
University lessons of English language
Thursday, October 13, 2011
What is a coordinate clause?
What is a coordinate clause?
Definition
A coordinate clause is a clause belonging to a series of two or more clauses which
are not syntactically dependent one on another, and
are joined by means of
a
coordinating conjunction
a
connective
, or
parataxis
.
Examples (English)
I will go home
and
he will go to work.
John likes hamburgers,
but
Mary prefers hot dogs.
We might go to Seattle,
or
we might go to California.
Generic
A coordinate clause is a kind of
What is a clause?
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