A result of the publication of Rachel Carson’s
Silent Spring was that the modern environmental movement gained
support.
The federal courts have a three-part structure, as explained in the following diagram: Structure of ... The Supreme Court is the highest court in the federal system. The Supreme ... The Federal District Courts are the lowest part of the pyramid.
The sentence that has an adjective clause: C. Liz, <u>who could always make people laugh</u>, was loved by the whole block.
In that sentence, the clause "who could always make people laugh" functions like an adjective, modifying a noun. Liz (proper noun, a person), is described or modified by the clause.
The other types of subordinate clauses in a sentence are:
- noun clauses, which function the way nouns do in a sentence, as subject or object. (None of the examples shown fit this category.)
- adverb clauses, which function like adverbs, modifying a verb or adverb within a sentence. The other three examples shown all have adverb clauses, where the clause modifies the verb (action of the sentence) in some way.
Primogeniture, is a law that states that the first born son must be the one who has the right to inherit all the family riches and wealth.
