Conjunctions – Example 10

Breakdown of example 10 as described in account.
Sentence account.
Breakdown of account 10 as described.
Example 10 – “Hrothgar” is a noun functioning as the subject of “knows.” “knows” is a verb functioning as the predicate of the first clause. “Grendel” is a noun functioning as the subject of “is coming.” “is coming” is a progressive verb functioning as the predicate of the second clause. “Hrothgar knows” is an independent clause. “that” is a subordinate conjunction linking the dependent clause to the independent clause. “that Grendel is coming” is a dependent (noun) clause functioning as the direct object of “knows.”

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