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embedded sentence

in transformational generative grammar, a subordinate clause in a complex sentence. According to this analysis, the complex sentence The dog chased the squirrel that stole the peanut has a deep structure consisting of two sentences, The dog chased the squirrel and The squirrel stole the peanut. In its surface structure, the second sentence is embedded within the first.

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July 27th 2024

ramus

ramus

n. (pl. rami)

1. a branch of a blood vessel or a nerve.

2. any of the large branches of a spinal nerve after it emerges from the spinal column, notably the anteriorly directed ventral ramus and the posteriorly directed dorsal ramus. These distribute motor and sensory nerve fibers to other, smaller nerves.

3. any of the short nerve branches that arise from the ventral ramus and communicate with sympathetic ganglia (see rami communicantes).