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A clause that cannot stand by itself is called a dependent clause or subordinate clause. It relies on an independent clause to provide a complete thought and cannot function as a complete sentence on its own. For example, in the sentence "Although it was raining, we went for a walk," the phrase "Although it was raining" is a dependent clause.
A subordinate clause contains a subject and a predicate but cannot stand on its own. A subordinate clause can also be referred to as a dependent clause.
They are called dependent clauses. An example is, "While autographing the 1000th copy of my novel". That is not a sentence; you need another clause to say what happened while you were autographing.
main clause; independent clause
"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.
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An independent clause is a sentence that can stand on its own.
No. "The dog is a domesticated sub-species of the wolf" is a complete sentence, an independent clause. A dependent clause is one that cannot stand on its own as a sentence.
Dependent (subordinate) clauses are clauses that have a subject and a verb but cannot stand alone.An example is:When the cat ran under the car.This is a dependent clause because the word "when" makes the statement unable to stand on its own.
Dependent (subordinate) clauses are clauses that have a subject and a verb but cannot stand alone.An example is:When the cat ran under the car.This is a dependent clause because the word "when" makes the statement unable to stand on its own.
the clause that couldn't stand on its own is called: Dependent clause or Subordinating clause. example: before you leave for work today. another would be: After the long exhausting day. These two examples may contain a subject and a verb (you - subject and leave - verb [for the first example]) but this group of words is dependent clause because this group of words does not express a complete thought and it needs to be attached to a main clause or a independent clause. By the way, a clause that could stand on its own is called a main clause or an idependent clause. An example of which is "I slept for three hours." This in fact is an independent clause or a simple sentence. but if you attach the dependent clause - "After a long exhausting day." you will have a sentence that looks like this: After the long exhausting day, I slept for three hours. (this now becomes a complex sentence. It is a combination of an independent clause and a dependent clause in one sentence.
"Becky wanted a bicycle badly" is the independent clause. It can stand on its own. The rest of the sentence cannot, so it is a dependent clause.