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An independent clause is a simple sentence that is correct by itself.
Examples:
I ride the bus.
He wrote a story.
A dependent clause is not correct by itself and is usually attached to an independent clause.
Example:
Although I was sick, I went swimming. (The part before the comma is the dependent clause and the part after is the independent clause because it can be a sentence on it's own.)
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EzraAn independent clause it a set of words that by themselves are a complete sentence. For example, "when i killed him." A dependent clause needs an independent clause to be a compllete sentence, thus it is 'dependent' on the other clause. "but they did not find out ", is a dependent clause. Put the two clauses together and you have a sentence: "when i killed him, they did not find out."
A complex sentence with two dependent clauses.
A sentence is complex when it contains at least one dependent clause, but it can contain more than one. An example of this would be:
"After Tom had written in his journal and after he had taken a shower, he went to sleep."
Both "After Tom had written in his journal" and "after he had taken a shower" are dependent clauses because they do not express complete thoughts, while "he went to sleep" is an independent clause, since it does express a complete thought.
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What is the independent clause in the following sentence although it was raining you played tennis anyway?
"You played tennis anyway" is the independent clause; "although it was raining" is the dependent clause. An independent clause can stand on its own as a sentence, but a dependent clause cannot be a sentence.
What are the parts of a complex sentence structure?
It is a complex sentence if it have "Dependent Clause" and "Independent Clause".
A sectence that consisted of an independent clause plus one or more dependent clauses is?
You have described a "complex" sentence. - Simple sentence = An independent clause. - Compound sentence = Two independent clauses joined with a conjunction. - Complex sentence = An independent clause plus one or more dependent clauses.
What is a complex compound sentence?
It is a sentence with more than one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.In grammar, a compound complex sentence is made up of two independent clauses as well as at least one dependent clause. An independent clause can stand alone, while a dependent clause cannot, since it is not a complete sentence.
What are dependent clauses?
A dependent clause is a clause (subject and predicate) that cannot form a sentence by itself. An example would be: "When I went to the store" --this clause has a subject and verb, but the word "when" makes it dependent on more information. Another example would be "Although she felt sad"--it needs another clause to make it a complete sentence.
