=> => subordinate clauses do not usually contain => subordinate ideas, i.e., the main idea is not => usually in the main S/V. => => For example, I wonder whether the subordinating particle and => the placement of the clause will have something to do with its emphasis => as main or secondary idea. A "because" clause placed initially, seems to => carry much emphasis; a, say, "when" clause placed at the end of a => sentence seems to carry secondary emphasis. => I think Reinhold is stating what has always seemed to me to be the truth about what's going on here: placement suggests emphasis in a way that grammatical structure doesn't. I'll bet there will be a lot of variation in perception of emphasis, though; some will say we build up to the important point, while others will say we start off with it. Perhaps individual cases will vary. If that's true, then we can't say "usually" anything. ============================================================= Michael G. Southwell Department of English York College/CUNY Jamaica, NY 11451 718/262-2470 [log in to unmask] http://sun3.york.cuny.edu/~southwel/southwell.html =============================================================