Adverbial clause of result - Introduction - Part II The parts of speech

Grammar for Everyone - Barbara Dykes 2007

Adverbial clause of result
Introduction
Part II The parts of speech

This clause tells us something which happened as a result of another happening.

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Finite verbs:  likes, reads

Main clause:  my sister likes insects

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My sister likes insects so she reads about them in the encyclopedia.

Conjunction:  so

Subordinate clause: she reads about them in the encyclopedia

Adverbial clause of result, modifying the verb ’likes’ in the main clause

Complex sentence