0 in grammar, a clause that cannot form a separate sentence but can form a sentence when joined with a main clause --
1 a clause in a sentence that cannot form a separate sentence but can be joined to a main clause to form a sentence --
The main verb in the protasis (dependent clause) is usually in the subjunctive or in the indicative mood.
The dependent clause serves as the subject of the main clause.
A dependent clause also normally contains a subordinating conjunction (or in the case of relative clauses, a relative pronoun or phrase containing one).
A dependent clause without an independent clause is one example of an incomplete sentence.
The word order changes also depending on whether the phrase is in a main clause or in certain kinds of dependent clause.
In these cases, the subject of the dependent clause may take a non-nominative form.
A relative clause is a dependent clause that modifies a noun or noun phrase in the independent clause.
The future subjunctive screeve is used to express an unlikely event in the future and is usually used as a dependent clause.
