For instance, the non-independent clause " because I have no friends " is related to the non-independent clause " I don't go out " in " I don't go out, because I have no friends ".
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For instance, the non-independent clause " because I have no friends " is related to the non-independent clause " I don't go out " in " I don't go out, because I have no friends ".
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For example, one can use a colon after an independent clause to direct attention to a list, an appositive or a quotation, and it can be used between independent clauses if the second summarizes or explains the first.
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"Any high school grammar book will tell you that a dependent clause is meant to modify the subject of an independent clause, " said a participant in a debate on talk . politics . guns on the Second Amendment.
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:Even in this case, having no " overt " independent clause to attach to, B's statement is still a dependent clause; it just happens to be one attached to a nul statement, an unspoken independent clause assumed by the speaker from context.
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:Even in this case, having no " overt " independent clause to attach to, B's statement is still a dependent clause; it just happens to be one attached to a nul statement, an unspoken independent clause assumed by the speaker from context.
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The conditional mood is generally found in the independent clause ( " apodosis " ) of a conditional sentence, namely the clause that expresses the result of the condition, rather than the dependent clause ( " protasis " ) expressing the condition.
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The different tenses indicate different relations in time between the independent and the dependent clause . " Present participles " are used when the action in the dependent clause happens simultaneously with that of the independent clause, and are therefore translated as such.
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I don't see how " Mongolia has only three . " is an independent clause, because it doesn't seem to stand on its own as a complete thought or statement ? Preceding talk ) 20 : 44, 1 June 2010 ( UTC)
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The subordinating conjunction performs two important functions within a sentence : illustrating the importance of the independent clause and providing a transition between two ideas in the same sentence by indicating a time, place, or cause and therefore affecting the relationship between the clauses.
