Question

A survey revealed that over 80 percent of polluters meet the Federal regulations. The subordinate clause is _____.

Answer 1

Answer:

The subordinate clause in A survey revealed that over 80 percent of polluters meet the Federal regulations is that over 80 percent of polluters meet the Federal regulations.

Explanation:

A subordinate clause -or dependent clause- in one that begins with a subordinate conjunction or relative pronoun and contains a subject and a predicate. This clause cannot stand alone as a complete sentence, so is dependent on a main clause. In this case, the relative pronoun introducing the subordinate clause is that, the subject within the clause is over 80 percent of polluters, and the predicate is meet the Federal regulations.  

Answer 2

The subordinate clause is "that over 80 percent of polluters meet the Federal regulations".