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Independent and Dependent Clauses: Had Been Brought in From Atlanta Entertained A Crowd of Tourists in City

An independent clause can stand alone as a sentence, while a dependent clause cannot. Dependent clauses begin with subordinating conjunctions or relative pronouns and modify other parts of the sentence. Examples are provided to illustrate independent clauses, subordinate clauses, and relative clauses.

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Independent and Dependent Clauses: Had Been Brought in From Atlanta Entertained A Crowd of Tourists in City

An independent clause can stand alone as a sentence, while a dependent clause cannot. Dependent clauses begin with subordinating conjunctions or relative pronouns and modify other parts of the sentence. Examples are provided to illustrate independent clauses, subordinate clauses, and relative clauses.

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Independent and Dependent Clauses

A clause is a group of words that contains a subject (a noun or noun phrase) and a
predicate (a simple verb or compound verb phrase, along with any objects
complementing the verb). Clauses are of two types: independent and dependent. The first
type is also known as a main clause; the second type is also known as a subordinate or
relative clause.

• Recognizing independent clauses


An independent clause can stand alone as a complete sentence. This kind of clause
cannot begin with a subordinating conjunction, such as after, although, as, because,
before, even though, if, once, since, so that, though, unless, until, when, whenever,
where, wherever, whether, or while. Neither can an independent clause begin with a
relative pronoun, such as who, which, that, what, whomever, and so on. An
independent clause does not have to be joined to a dependent clause to make sense; it
is sufficient unto itself.

• Ex: A band of musicians entertained a crowd of tourists in City Market.

• Recognizing dependent clauses


Even though it contains a subject and a predicate, a dependent clause cannot stand
alone as a sentence. This kind of clause usually begins with a word indicating that it
must be linked to an independent clause in order to make sense.

Dependent clauses that begin with subordinating conjunctions are subordinate


clauses. Subordinate clauses function as adverbs. They modify verbs, adverbs,
adjectives, and even whole main clauses. Such clauses usually answer questions
like how?, why?, where?, or under what conditions? When an adverb clause
precedes an independent clause, the clauses must be separated with a comma.

• Ex: While waiters served cold beer in plastic cups, a band of musicians
entertained a crowd of tourists in City Market.

Dependent clauses that begin with relative pronouns are relative clauses. Relative
clauses function as adjectives. They modify nouns, noun phrases, and pronouns.
The word at the beginning of a relative clause refers to and modifies a noun-
antecedent somewhere else in the sentence.

• Ex: While waiters served cold beer in plastic cups, a band of musicians that
had been brought in from Atlanta entertained a crowd of tourists in City
Market.

AASU Writing Center


Independent and Dependent Clauses

Following are some examples of clauses. Underline main clauses with one line,
subordinate clauses with two lines, and relative clauses with three lines.
1. While the core teaching, research and scholarship, and service functions differ by
institutional type, the campus life of every institution in the University System of
Georgia will be characterized by a supportive campus climate.

2. Armstrong Atlantic State University offers a commitment to excellence and


responsiveness within a scope of influence defined by the needs of an area of the
state, and particularly outstanding programs or distinctive characteristics that have a
magnet effect throughout the state.

3. Students enrolled in at least six hours at Savannah State University or at Armstrong


Atlantic State University have the privilege of taking courses at the other university
without paying an additional fee.

4. Students enrolled at Armstrong Atlantic State University who are majoring in


business education may take more than half of their courses at Savannah State.

5. Transient students are admitted for one semester. If they wish to remain at Armstrong
Atlantic longer than one semester, they must submit a new letter of good standing or
meet all transfer requirements for transfer students.

6. For fall semester 1999, applicants who pass the basic group of tests plus two
additional SAT II subject tests will be eligible for admission to the university if all
other freshman admission requirements are met.

7. The requirements for early admission are the same as those listed for the joint
enrollment program.

8. It is recommended that international students begin their attendance at the university


in the fall semester.

AASU Writing Center

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