An independent clause doesn't need anything else to make it a complete sentence.
Ex: I like to eat candy.
A dependent clause needs another part to make it a complete sentence.
Ex: It's bad for me, but I like to eat candy.
Actually, a subordinating conjunction is a word that joins a dependent clause to an independent clause. It shows the relationship between the two clauses and makes the dependent clause subordinate to the independent clause.
Yes, it is. That is why it is called "a dependent clause." It is dependent upon the independent clause.
Only an independent clause can stand independently. A dependent clause is dependent on an independent clause.
Independent clause: "I went to the store." Dependent clause: "Because it was raining."
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.
That would be a complex sentence.
It can be an independent clause or a dependent clause. It is an independent clause if does not have a word at the beginning like "but" or "because". If there is a word like this at the beginning of the clause, it is a dependent clause.
The independent clause is lowered our prices. The dependent clause is sales increased.
This question is somewhat ambiguously phrased, because independent and dependent clauses are mutually exclusive categories, and a clause that is introduced by a subordinate conjunction is not independent by definition. However, substituting a coordinating conjunction in a independent clause by a subordinate conjunction can convert an initially independent clause into a dependent clause.
Independent: She rode the bus home. Dependent: Although she rode the bus home
A dependent clause.
Dependent clause is one that is dependent on other part. Independent clause always works alone by itself.