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Joe

Apr 5, 2016 - 3:53PM

subordinate clause or main clause?

The boys played on the field whilst their Mums were chatting.

Does this have a subordinate clause?

Paul Matthews

Apr 5, 2016 - 4:45PM

Re: subordinate clause or main clause?

"The boys played on the field whilst their Mums were chatting".

Yes, it does. The underlined element is a subordinate clause. It's marked as being subordinate by the word "whilst".

PaulM