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===Relative and Subordinate Clauses=== | ===Relative and Subordinate Clauses=== | ||
Like, Old English, relative clauses are formed almost exclusively by demonstratives sȳ, sē, and þet. Instead of saying "the cat ''who'' ran away," they would say, "the cat ''that'' ran away." | Like, Old English, relative clauses are formed almost exclusively by demonstratives sȳ, sē, and þet. Instead of saying "the cat ''who'' ran away," they would say, "the cat ''that'' ran away." Subordinate clauses are formed by correlative conjunctions. This was phrased as ''then... then'' or ''which... which''. They would say, "Then I arrived, then I fell asleep," instead of, "When I arrived, I fell asleep." Often the second part of a subordinate clause would b verb-final, although this was a rule often disregarded. | ||
Subordinate clauses are formed by correlative conjunctions. This was phrased as ''then... then'' or ''which... which''. They would say, "Then I arrived, then I fell asleep," instead of, "When I arrived, I fell asleep." | |||
==Example texts== | ==Example texts== | ||