Does Illinois observe Daylight Saving Time? Like most states in the USA, Daylight-Saving Time (DST) is observed in Illinois, where the time is shifted forward by 1 hour to Central Daylight Time (CDT); which is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT-5).
1 Remember that both independent and dependent clauses have a subject and a verb. 2  Only an independent clause can function on its own as a sentence.  Dependent clauses by themselves are sentence fragments; they need an independent clause to make them whole.
By Richard Nordquist. Definition: A dependent clause that functions as a noun (that is, as a subject, object, or complement) within a sentence. Also known as a nominal clause.Two common types of noun clause in English are that-clauses and wh-clauses: 1  that-clause: I believe that everything happens for a reason. dependent clause that functions as a noun (that is, as a subject, object, or complement) within a sentence. Also known as a nominal clause.