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A complex sentence contains one independent clause and one (or more) dependent clause(s). In a complex sentence, one idea is generally more important than the other. We place the more important idea in the independent clause and the less important idea in the dependent clause. There are three kinds of dependent clauses : adverb, adjective, and noun.
a. adverb clause begins with a subordinator, such as
when, while, because, although, if, so, or
that.
b. adjective clause begins with a relative pronouns, such as
who, whom, which, whose, that, where, or
when.
c. noun clause begins with a
wh-question word,
that, whether, and sometimes
if.
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Equal Rights for Women
Russian women started to gain equality earlier than women in the United States because in the former Soviet Union, men and women had access to equal education and job opportunities, and that reflected the Soviet philosophy. Since the 1937 Soviet constitution declared that women and men had equal rights and responsibilities, and women joined the