The dog growled, the cat cried, and the fox dashed away. Complex sentences combine independent (or “main”) and dependent (or “subordinate”) clauses: “When the dog barked, my sister cried.” In this ...

A dependent clause cannot stand alone, though they often contain both a subject and a verb. Where independent clauses express complete thoughts, dependent clauses do not, and left on their own, ...

Clear sentence structure depends on establishing where a sentence ends and the next one begins. Every sentence must have an independent clause. The clause is called independent when it includes a ...

The two, or more, clauses of the sentence still make sense on their own. and complex close complex sentenceA sentence that contains a main (independent) clause and one or more subordinate ...

Remember: an independent clause is the ‘main clause’ that can stand alone, unlike the dependent which works with the independent counterpart: Ade greeted me … (Independent) … when we met ...

The two, or more, clauses of the sentence still make sense on their own. and complex close complex sentenceA sentence that contains a main (independent) clause and one or more subordinate ...