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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''. | 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== | ||