Independent Clause Examples

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Home Search  Glossary of Terms Common Errors FAQs Grammar Chat Download Grammar Checker 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

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