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Poor dear soul! from the first moment when (subordinating conjunction) she (subject) found out that the little Professor was deeply and gratefully attached to her son (predicate, dependent clause), she (subject) opened her heart to him unreservedly (predicate)– independent clause, and took all his puzzling foreign peculiarities for granted, without so much as attempting to understand any one of them (predicate, independent clause).
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There is only one independent (main) clause. The conjunction and (underlined) joins 2 simple past tense verbs (open, take). From the first moment when she found out that the little Professor was deeply and gratefully attached to her so, she opened her heart to him unreservedly, and took all his puzzling foreign peculiarities for granted, without so much as attempting to understand any one of them.
- There is only one independent (main) clause.
- The conjunction and (underlined) joins 2 simple past tense verbs (open, take).
- From the first moment when she found out that the little Professor was deeply and gratefully attached to her so, she opened her heart to him unreservedly, and took all his puzzling foreign peculiarities for granted, without so much as attempting to understand any one of them.
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There is only one independent (main) clause. The conjunction and (underlined) joins 2 simple past tense verbs (open, take).
From the first moment when she found out that the little Professor was deeply and gratefully attached to her so, she opened her heart to him unreservedly, and took all his puzzling foreign peculiarities for granted, without so much as attempting to u
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