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Details on
Type and Embedded Level of  Subordinate Clauses
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Group NC
/TSC
AdjC
/TSC
AdvC
/TSC
InjC
/TSC
L1
/MC
L1
AvgW
L2
/MC
L2
AvgW
L3
/MC
L3
AvgW
L4+
/MC
L4+ 
AvgW
Writing by Students in K-12
G3 (SS) 6.7 36.7 16.7 - 13.3 2.8 - - - - - -
G4(1986) 43.7 15.8 40.5 - 20.2 6.1 1.8 3.7 - - - -
G5 (SS) 45.9 8.9 15.1 5.3 23.1 5.0 6.9 3.3 - - - -
G6 (SS)                        
G7(1986) 28.5 20.7 48.9 1.9 35.0 6.2 6.1 3.7 0.4 0.6 - -
G8 (SS) 27.8 16.3 30.9 - 45.0 5.2 7.8 4.8 1.1 1.5 - -
G9(1986)                        
College Students
Group NC 
/TSC
AdjC
/TSC
AdvC
/TSC
InjC
/TSC
L1
/MC
L1
AvgW
L2
/MC
L2
AvgW
L3
/MC
L3
AvgW
L4+
/MC
L4+
AvgW
1995-PR                        
1995-P1                        
1995-P4                        
CF(Alum)                        
Adults
Jokes                        
Fables 30.0 26.0 38.2 5.8 55.6 7.8 8.3 3.6        
Novelists 38.2 25.3 29.0 7.5 44.8 15.3 20.9 13.6 6.1 5.0    

* 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.