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Advanced Communication Skills

Notes Note that a subordinate clause has a subject, verb, and completer (indicated as svc) after the
subordinating word or phrase:
s v c S V C
Because you are annoying me, I want you to leave.
If you want to win, you need to practice harder.
So that he could play football, Matt began to lift weights.

Once the flooding began, many people fled to the Superdome.
Even though the experiment failed, Tony learned the importance of teamwork.

Notes Look carefully to see whether the subordinating word begins a subordinate clause
or whether the clause is the subject of the sentence!

Subject V C.
S V C
Where we went after school is none of your business.

S V C
Whether you buy the car or not does not concern me.
Subordinate clause, SVC.

S V C
When the snow began to fall, we were ready to go skiing.
Pattern #4: S, ........................, VC. Sentence Interrupters

Additional information can be placed as an interrupter between the subject and verb or the verb
and completer. Surround the interrupting word, phrase, or subordinate clause with a pair of
commas, dashes, or parentheses.
1. Commas surround interrupting words, phrases, or clauses.
S V C
Pam, however, decided not to attend the party.
Mr. Jefferson, our next door neighbor, bought a new riding lawnmower.
John, sprinting toward the huddle, twisted his ankle.
Marie, annoyed beyond endurance, told Joey to shut up.

Annie, curious about the gift, shook the box.
S V C
Alan knew, when he heard the sirens, that a tornado had been sighted..

S V C
Jerry, hearing the bell, knew from experience that the drill was over.
2. Parentheses enclose interrupting information.

Our advisor (Mr. Jackson) suggested we hire a live band.
That date (December 7, 1941) will live in infamy.

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