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A clause that does not make sense without the presence of another clause is called a dependent clause.
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Take the sentence, "I'm going home because I am tired." There are two clauses: "I'm going home" is an independent clause, because it would make sense to say it without the other clause. "Because I am tired" is a subordinate (or dependent) clause. It wold not make sense to say it unless either you also said the independent clause, or somehow the connection was obvious, as if someone had just asked you why you are going home.
Yes, a clause is a group of words that contains a subject and a verb. It does need to make sense within the context of a sentence to convey a complete thought.
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Subordinate clauseA subordinate (or dependent) clause is a clause that needs another clause. Unlike independent clauses it cannot stand alone. The word because is usually a good indicator of a subordinate clause.
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.
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