MEANING
Organizing clauses through subordination, so some clauses depend grammatically on others.
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A sentence with clauses nested under or dependent on a main clause.Use when describing layered, explicitly connected syntax or grammatical dependence.
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A hypotactic sentence tied the evacuation to the storm through a chain of subordinate clauses.
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- hypotactic
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