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sy14427
 Post subject: subordinate conjunctions
 Post Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 5:46 am 
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Hi Instructors,

Hope you are doing great! I have a small doubt.
Recently, i have been reading "subordinators" from 4th edition, SC, pg number 188. In this page number, it is written that "subordinate clauses attach to main clauses with a comma".

For example:- I need to relax, BECAUSE I have so many things to do !

After reading this, i went into more detail on conjunctions and subordinate clauses, and i found out that When you attach a subordinate clause at the end of a main clause, you will generally use no punctuation, like this:

main clause + Ø + subordinate clause.

For instance:- Tanya did poorly on her history exam Ø because her best friend Giselle insisted on gossiping during their study session the night before.

Now i am confused. I have also checked other grammar books and they also emphasize on this thing. The following is the link that i referred:-
http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/subordinateclause.htm
http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/subordi ... nction.htm

Can you please clarify this ? or Is it done only on GMAT exam ?

Thanks & Regards
Sachin
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tim
 Post subject: Re: subordinate conjunctions
 Post Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 2:51 pm 
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Hi Sachin,
we are indeed doing great; sorry to hear you doubted that.. :)

As for grammar rules, be careful to avoid getting your grammar rules from any source other than one designed to prepare you for the GMAT. The GMAT uses peculiar grammar rules that other sources may not necessarily agree with. That said, you do not need a comma before a "because" clause if it occurs after the main clause - see OG problem 10 on p.689 for an example. If the "because" clause occurs first, though, you need a comma..

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sy14427
 Post subject: Re: subordinate conjunctions
 Post Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 3:17 am 
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Hi Tim,

Thanks for replying and thanks for correcting my SC. :)

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Hope you are doing great! I have a small doubt.


As far as grammar is concerned, i am strictly following SC-4th edition. Sometimes for extra practice on particular topics such as countable and uncountable nouns etc. i look for other resources, but i always match them with GMAT SC.

I read the sentence that you mentioned in the previous post.
"OG problem 10 on p.689"

"Carnivorous mammals can endure what would otherwise be lethal levels of body heat because they have a heat-exchange network that keeps the brain from getting to hot."

There is no comma before because that is a subordinate conjunction.

Second, I read somewhere but don't know if it is true.
"Subordinating conjunctions introduce dependent clauses; they don't always require commas, although you'll usually see a comma when it's longer. Remember the GMAT doesn't test punctuation so don't look too closely at the commas! "

Now, i am little confused.

Thanks & Regards
Sachin


Last edited by sy14427 on Sat Apr 30, 2011 3:34 am, edited 1 time in total.

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sy14427
 Post subject: Re: subordinate conjunctions
 Post Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 3:18 am 
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Quote:
Submitted the same post twice by mistake, so deleted this one..
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jnelson0612
 Post subject: Re: subordinate conjunctions
 Post Posted: Mon May 16, 2011 1:10 am 
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It seems that the duplicate post has already been deleted.

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