subordinate clause

Definition:

A group of words that has both a subject and a verb but (unlike an independent clause) cannot stand alone as a sentence. Subordinate clauses include adverb clauses and adjective clauses.

Examples:

• "The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows too little."
  (Mark Twain)



• "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect."
  (Mark Twain)



• "When I'm good, I'm very, very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better."
  (Mae West, I'm No Angel)



• "Memory is deceptive because it is colored by today's events."
  (Albert Einstein)



• "If you can't leave in a taxi you can leave in a huff. If that's too soon, you can leave in a minute and a huff.
  (Groucho Marx, Duck Soup)



• "The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of 60 minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is."
  (C. S. Lewis)



• "If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich."
  (John F. Kennedy)



• "Man, when you lose your laugh, you lose your footing."
  (Ken Kesey)



• "And whereas women had to fight to find their way into the workforce, men are now fighting to reclaim their place in the family structure."
  (Bob Geldof)



• "Every book is a children's book if the kid can read."
  (Mitch Hedberg)

Pronunciation: suh-BOR-din-it