Select the words of the complete subordinate clause in the sentence below. then identify it as either an adjective or an adverb clause. at six o'clock mr. jones and some undercover police officers boarded the bus as if they had been total strangers. subordinate clause: clause type:

subordinate clause: as if they had been total strangers.
clause type: adverb clause

It’s a good rule of thumb to keep an eye out for subordinating conjunctions when looking for subordinating clauses because of how subordinating conjunctions (such as “as”) will begin a subordinate clause.  Then, when trying to decide whether the clause is an adverb clause or an adjective clause, a good question to ask yourself is “What is this describing?”  For instance, what is “as if they had been total strangers” describing?  The answer is the way they boarded.  And, “boarded” is an verb; thus, because the clause is adding to the verb, the clause is an adverb clause.

- "a nonrestrictive clause functions as a modifier to a noun (that is an object, person or concept). these clauses can be described by the following three options: it is set off by comas, it contains a subject and a verbs and it adds nonessential information to the sentence.

for example, in "here is bill gates, who confounded microsoft software company" we can identify "who confounded microsoft software company" as a nonrestrictive clause modifying the noun bill gates. this clause can be describes as a nonrestrictive clause because it is separated by a comma, it adds nonessential information to identify who bill gates is and it must contain both a subject (who) and a verb (confounded)."

the word that best matches the meaning of the expression "went to the big ocean" is died.

the goldfish died, which is why the father looks at the children mournfully. the "big ocean" is the father's way of saying fish heaven. he could have just said that the goldfish died, but this way, the children imagine the fish in a bigger, better place instead of just picturing a dead fish.

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