Subordinate (verb)
- to make subject or subservient
- to treat as of less value or importance
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subordinate
In the article, “Revision Strategies of Student Writers and Experienced Adult Writers” the author Nancy Sommers said, “In general, students will subordinate the demands of the specific problems of their text to the demands of the rules.”
Nancy Sommers meant that students give more importance to finishing their work and getting it done on time instead of revising their writings for grammar, punctuation, and spelling errors.
