The complex sentence

This chapter deals with complex sentences and their different constructions. Whenever a construction may contain a dependent clause (or a complex phrase), every possibility is explained. Moreover, the conjunctions and, in general, the connective elements that define each complex construction are analyzed. The connective relations may be either coordination, where the related elements are functionally equivalent, or subordination, where a relation of hierarchical syntactical dependency is established between the clause introduced by the conjunction and another clause or between complex phrases. Section 1 is devoted to coordinating constructions and the following sections to subordinating ones, including the use of the indicative and the subjunctive moods in subordinate clauses. In section 2 content clauses are discussed; section 3 deals with relative clauses, 4 with the indicative and subjunctive mood in subordinate clauses, 5 with adverbial temporal constructions, 6 with comparatives and other clauses of degree, 7 with causal, purpose and result clauses, and 8 with conditional and concessive constructions.