Coordinate Clause
Definition:
A coordinate clause is a clause belonging to a series of two or more clauses which:
- are not syntactically dependent one on another
- are joined by means of
- a coordinating conjunction
- a connective
- parataxis
Examples:
(English)
- I will go home and he will go to work.
- John likes hamburgers, but Mary prefers hot dogs.
- We might go to Seattle, or we might go to California.
Source:
This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library. Version 5.0 published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 2003.