A sentence has a subject and a verb. It is a complete thought and can stand on it's own.
A clause is not a complete thought. It is missing a subject or verb. It cannot stand on it's own.
A complex sentence is a sentence that contains an independent clause and at least one dependent clause. The independent clause can stand alone as a complete sentence, while the dependent clause relies on the independent clause to make sense.
A clause can not stand alone in a sentence, whereas an independent clause can stand alone in a sentence.
That would be a complex sentence.
Only an independent clause can stand independently. A dependent clause is dependent on an independent clause.
no, its a sentence.
An independent clause is a sentence that can stand on its own.
"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.
The independent clause in that sentence is "we returned it."
An independent clause is a complete sentence that can stand on its own. A sentence must have a subject and a predicate in order to be considered an independent clause.
I think you can't have a subordinate independent clause. A subordinate clause is a clause which is dependant on another clause it can't stand alone as a sentence. An independent clause can stand alone as a sentence.
A complex sentence is a sentence that contains an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses. The independent clause can stand alone as a complete sentence, while the dependent clause(s) rely on the independent clause for meaning.
It have 2 clauses in Complex sentence. It is Dependent clause and Independent clause