27. I am told that the Lancashire system is perfect.--KINGSLEY.

27. I am told that the Lancashire system is perfect.--KINGSLEY.

CHAPTER XI

THE MEANINGS OF SUBORDINATE CLAUSES

+393.+ Subordinate clauses may be classified not only according to their use as parts of speech, but also, in quite a different way, in accordance with their +various meanings+. These distinctions in idea are of capital importance for the accurate and forcible expression of thought.

+394.+ The variety of meanings which subordinate clauses may express is great, but most of these meanings come under the following heads:--(1) +place+ or +time+, (2) +cause+, (3) +concession+, (4) +purpose+, (5) +result+, (6) +condition+, (7) +comparison+,[43] (8) +indirect discourse+, (9) +indirect question+.

The general meaning of the clause is usually indicated by the word which introduces it.