It's been a LONG time since mine were that young, so I could easily be off by 2 years or more - but the point is that they've got control over dependent clauses well before the 7th grade! At 04:44 PM 12/5/01 -0800, you wrote: >I'm not sure about 2-year-olds using subordinate clauses To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/