If you combine an independent and dependent clause, insert a comma between them: "After I lifted weights, I did laps at the pool.
The easiest way to combine clauses is with the coordinating conjunctions, "for," "and," "nor," "but," "or," "yet" and "so. Sometimes students create comma splices and run-on sentences when combining clauses. A comma splice occurs when you join two independent clauses with a comma.
For instance, " I wanted to run on the Santa Monica pier, it was too crowded" is a comma splice. For example-. A Dependent Clause demonstrates a specific group of words that happens to be unable in conveying its complete sense and requires the assistance of another independent clause. This can better be understood by the following examples-.
These clauses are constituting a group of words, but a complete meaning cannot be derived out of them. Therefore, they require the assistance of an independent clause. It is vital to be familiar with both so that the most appropriate and suitable one can be employed according to the situation. Skip to content A language can only be studied in its best form if one understands the grammar and rules of that language more effectively.
Certain specific conjunctions are used to join one independent clause with another independent or dependent clause, and those are- And, but, neither, nor, or, etc. Every sentence has, at least, one independent sentence. When a sentence subject has two independent clauses, a coordinating conjunction or a semicolon can be used to separate them. She made an apple pie ; everybody loved it.
He wants to go to Spain because his grandparents live in Madrid. He wants to go to Paris because his sister lives there. Independent Clause is a group of words that contain a subject and a predicate and expresses a complete idea. Video transcript - [Voiceover] Hello, grammarians. Hello, Rosie. Full disclosure, this is a relatively advanced part of grammar, but it is important to understand, because mastering dependent and independent clauses and being able to say why a clause is dependent or independent will help you become a better writer, will help you become a stronger writer, and give your sentences vim and vigor and strength.
So with all that out of the way. Let's start with independent clauses, because an independent clause is basically a sentence.
We established previously that all a clause is is just a collection of phrases with a subject and a verb. So, for example, the sentence, I ate the pineapple, period, is an independent clause. So, it's a couple of phrases, we've got this noun phrase I, we've got this verb phrase ate the pineapple, and together that becomes a subject and verb or a predicate.
So, Rosie, what is a dependent clause? So it includes a subject and a verb, but it can't be its own sentence. And sometimes it might look like a sentence, it could start with something like a subordinating conjunction, like the word because, for example, because it was delicious. And let's be clear here, you know, obviously, this is an utterance that people say.
You know, if you ask me why did you eat the pizza, I would respond by saying, because it was delicious. Why do we climb the mountain? Because it is there, you know. I'm not saying that this is not, not an utterance that is made by native speaking English speakers.
It is, of course it is. But you have to be aware that it is a dependent clause and therefore a sentence fragment.
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