Third Graders' Writing
(from State Standards)
Type and Embedded Level of  Subordinate Clauses
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Rec No NC /TSC AdjC /TSC AdvC /TSC InjC /TSC L1 /MC L1 AvgW L2 /MC L2 AvgW L3 /MC L3 AvgW L4+ /MC L4+ AvgW
Avg 6.7 36.7 16.7 - 13.3 2.8 - - - - - -
1 33.3 16.7 50.0   35.3 5.3            
2   66.7 33.3   18.8 3.7            
3   100.0     12.5 5.0            
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* Figures are actually per 100 main claues. Thus, a figure of 27.0 means that 27% of the main clauses include a subordinate clause at that level.