Does the following sentence use coordination, subordination, both, or neither?

Watterson has explained that Calvin was named after the sixteenth-century theologian John Calvin; likewise, Hobbes was named for another influential thinker, the seventeenth-century philosopher Thomas Hobbes.

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Ezequiel Peterson

23 October, 16:27

Does the following sentence use coordination, subordination, both, or neither?

Watterson has explained that Calvin was named after the sixteenth-century theologian John Calvin; likewise, Hobbes was named for another influential thinker, the seventeenth-century philosopher Thomas Hobbes.

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Vaughn Lozano · Answer 1

The correct answer is: Subordination

Explanation:

The sentence uses subordination because the sentence 'Watterson has explained that Calvin was named after the sixteenth-century theologian John Calvin' is separated from a less important sentence, 'Hobbes was named for another influential thinker, the seventeenth-century philosopher Thomas Hobbes' with the subordinator likewise.

Rashad Graham · Answer 2

The sentence uses both

Does the following sentence use coordination, subordination, both, or neither?Watterson has explained that Calvin was named after the sixteenth-century theologian John Calvin; likewise, Hobbes was named for another influential thinker, the seventeenth-century philosopher Thomas Hobbes.

Does the following sentence use coordination, subordination, both, or neither?

Watterson has explained that Calvin was named after the sixteenth-century theologian John Calvin; likewise, Hobbes was named for another influential thinker, the seventeenth-century philosopher Thomas Hobbes.