ADVERB CLAUSES

+447.+ The third kind of clause which we may use in a complex sentence

is the adverb clause.

+An adverb clause is a clause which takes the place of an adverb.+ It

may modify a _verb_, an _adjective_, or an _adverb_. We studied adverb

clauses in lesson 21 and we found eight classes of adverb clauses,

expressing _time_, _place_, _cause_ or _reason_, _manner_, _comparison_,

_condition_, _purpose_ and _result_. For example:

1. +Adverb clause of time:+

No man is truly free _until all are free_.

2. +Adverb clause of place:+

We must live _where we can find work_.

3. +Adverb clause expressing cause or reason:+

We lost the strike _because the men were not class-conscious_.

4. +Adverb clause of manner:+

We must work _as if the result depended entirely upon us_.

5. +Adverb clause of comparison:+

The working class must become more class-conscious _than it is

today_.

6. +Adverb clause of condition:+

We will continue to be exploited _if we do not demand our rights_.

7. +Adverb clause expressing purpose:+

We must read the labor press _in order that we may know the truth

concerning conditions_.

8. +Adverb clause expressing result:+

The battle raged so furiously _that thousands were slain_.

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