I stayed at home because it was raining
I stayed at home because it was raining.
Is "because" linking two independent clauses, i.e., I stayed at home and it was raining in the sentence above?
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Normally it is said that a dependent clause cannot form a sentence by itself, while an independent clause can. Then examples like the following are typically given: I wanted to go out, but it was raining. This is an independent clause because "it was raining" can be a sentence.
- Normally it is said that a dependent clause cannot form a sentence by itself, while an independent clause can.
- Then examples like the following are typically given: I wanted to go out, but it was raining.
- This is an independent clause because "it was raining" can be a sentence.
- I stayed at home because it was raining.
- This is a dependent clause because "because it was raining" cannot be a sentence.
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Normally it is said that a dependent clause cannot form a sentence by itself, while an independent clause can. Then examples like the following are typically given:
I wanted to go out, but it was raining.
This is an independent clause because "it was raining" can be a sentence.
I stayed at home because it was raining.
This is a dependent clause because "becaus
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