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Subordinate clauses: They are incomplete sentences
that precede or follow independent sentences to modify
or explain them.

Use a comma to separate the independent sentence (main clause)
and the subordinate clause when the subordinate clause comes
first.

Examples:

Although Tim was really hungry, he refused to eat outside.
While I was cooking dinner in the kitchen, the whole family
was playing hide-and-seek outside.
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Don’t use a comma to separate the independent sentence (main

clause) and the subordinate clause when the main clause comes
first.

Examples:
I was really tired after I played football for the whole day.
She got the promotion she was waiting for because she
worked really hard for a couple of years.
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