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Question
Underline the clauses in the below sentence and also the words that link or connect the clauses.
Nobody knows for certain who the author of these epics is.
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Solution
- Main Clause: Nobody knows for certain
- Subordinate Clause: who the author of these early epics is.
- Subordinating conjunction: who
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