Independent Clause Examples

  Biscuit Trail: Home  Glossary of Grammatical Terms  Independent Clause

sponsored by the WhiteSmoke grammar checker
Get our daily grammar
tip on Twitter 		Add our gadget to your   
iGoogle homepage   		 English lessons online. Live from USA. Download our
e-book ($7.95) 		Buy the only grammar checker endorsed by Grammar Monster



Independent Clause - Glossary of Terms


Independent Clause

An independent clause is one that could stand alone as a complete sentence.

Example:

  The crew could see the whale, which had surfaced only 50m behind them.
              
              independent clause                                subordinate clause
            (i.e., could stand alone)                         (i.e., could not stand alone)

  The crew could see the whale.  (complete sentence)  

Interactive example:
  
Mary is a fine singer, and she is an excellent dancer. [show me the dependent clauses]
 
Associated pages:
 
Co-ordinate_conjunctions
Complex sentence
Dependent Clause
Glossary of grammatical terms 		 
  

Grammar Monster © | Copyright Registration Number: 226604 | All rights reserved