ABSTRACT
We are now to look at the ways in which clauses can be combined with each other to form clause complexes. The question of the relation between clause complexes and sentences will be taken up later (page 224); for the present the term sentence will be used rather loosely and more or less synonymously with 'clause complex'. Example 1 contains sentences consisting of either one or two clauses; the clause boundary, if any, is indicated with a bar line:
1a I'll go on Friday, II which is his birthday lb It hasn't clicked 1c Live II as long as you can 1d I suspect II they are stealing apples 1e Not being allowed visitors, II he gets bored 1f Think II before you speak
For the sake of simplicity we shall confine our attention at first to complexes consisting of two clauses.
