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What is a dependent clause?

What is a dependent clause? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (grammar) A subordinate clause.
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The dependent clause following the first period appears to be a sentence fragment.
One links the subject of the dependent clause with the oblique dative argument of the independent clause.
A hypotactic relation is set up when a dependent clause is connected to an independent clause by a conjunctive device.
In subordinate dependency, the dependent clause may precede or follow the independent clause, as in the Chickasaw example.
The independent clause must be connected to the dependent clause in a subordinating conjunction.
Mr. Kerry was all paragraph and dependent clause, stacked thoughts and elaborate detail.

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