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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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What is an independent clause?

What is an independent clause?
  

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It is a clause that can stand by itself, like a sentence, without further grammatical support. A dependent clause does not quite make sense when it tries to stand alone. In my sentence above, ' A dependent clause does not quite make sense ' is an independent clause and ' when it tries to stand alone ' is a dependent clause.

  • It is a clause that can stand by itself, like a sentence, without further grammatical support.
  • A dependent clause does not quite make sense when it tries to stand alone.
  • In my sentence above, ' A dependent clause does not quite make sense ' is an independent clause and ' when it tries to stand alone ' is a dependent clause.
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It is a clause that can stand by itself, like a sentence, without further grammatical support. A dependent clause does not quite make sense when it tries to stand alone.

In my sentence above, 'A dependent clause does not quite make sense' is an independent clause and 'when it tries to stand alone' is a dependent clause.

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