A major clause can stand on its own, whereas a subordinate clause relies on another part of the sentence and cannot stand on its own. For instance, ‘Helicopters can fly.’ This is a major clause. It ...
A relative clause can be used to give additional information about a noun. They are introduced by a relative pronoun like 'that', 'which', 'who', 'whose', 'where' and 'when'. For example: I won’t ...