Editing Dependent clause (section)

==Sentence structure==
A ''[[complex sentence]]'' contains an [[independent clause]] and at least one dependent clause. A sentence with two or more independent clauses plus (one or more) dependent clauses is referred to as a ''[[Complex-compound sentence|compound-complex sentence]]''. (Every clause contains a subject and predicate.) Here are some English examples:

My sister cried ''because she scraped her knee''. (complex sentence)
*Subjects: My sister, she
*Predicates: cried, scraped her knee
*Subordinating conjunction: because

''When they told me'' ''(that) I won the contest'', I cried, but I didn't faint. (compound-complex sentence)
*Subjects: they, I, I, I
*Predicates: told me, won the contest, cried, didn't faint
*Subordinating conjunctions: when, that (implied or understood)
*Coordinating conjunction: but

This sentence contains two dependent clauses: "When they told me", and "(that) I won the contest", the latter which serves as the object of the verb "told".  The connecting word "that", if not explicitly included, is understood to implicitly precede "I won" and in either case functions as a subordinating conjunction. This sentence also includes two independent clauses, "I cried" and "I didn't faint", connected by the coordinating conjunction "but". The first dependent clause, together with its object (the second dependent clause), adverbially modifies the verbs of both main clauses.