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	Clause
		Multiple independent clauses can be joined (usually with a comma and a coordinating conjunction) to form a compound sentence.
		A sentence with an independent clause and any number of dependent clauses is referred to as a complex sentence.
		One with two or more independent clauses and any number of dependent clauses is referred to as a compound-complex sentence.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/c/cl/clause.html (367 words)

	Clause - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A clause is a group of words consisting of a subject and a predicate, although, in non-finite clauses, the subject is often not explicitly given.
		A clause is either a whole sentence or, in effect a sentence-within-a-sentence.
		Clauses should not be confused with phrases, which do not express complete thoughts through combinations of subjects and predicates.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Clause (421 words)

	Clauses: the Essential Building-Blocks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In a relative clause, the relative pronoun is the subject of the verb (remember that all clauses contain a subject-verb relationship) and refers to (relates to) something preceding the clause.
		The ability to recognize a clause and to know when a clause is capable of acting as an independent unit is essential to correct writing and is especially helpful in avoiding sentence fragments and run-on sentences.
		When the clause begins with a subordinating word, it is no longer an independent clause; it is called a dependent or subordinate clause because it depends on something else (the independent clause) for its meaning.
	webster.commnet.edu /grammar/clauses.htm (1864 words)

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		clause + ind. clause + ind. clause", "dependent clause + independent clause", "ind. clause + ind. clause + dep.
		clause"], ["dependent clause + independent clause", "independent clause + independent clause", "dep.
		clause"], ["independent clause + dependent clause", "dependent clause + dependent clause", "independent clause + independent clause"], ["ind. clause + dep.
	www.pathoslearning.com /gameshow/gamefiles/sentence_structure_2.txt (94 words)

	CONJUNCTION/CLAUSE PACKET (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Therefore, the difference between a phrase glob and a clause glob is that a clause glob has both a subject and a verb, and a phrase glob does not have both a subject and a verb.
		An adjective clause is a dependent clause which modifies a noun or a pronoun in the independent clause.
		In other words, the main intersection between the two independent clauses must be marked by a bigger and better (stronger) sign than the minor intersections in either of the parts; a semicolon is a stronger mark of punctuation than the comma.
	www.readbygrade3.com /conj.html (2584 words)

	Writing Guide 8
		Independent Clause: A simple sentence which is combined with another simple sentence or a dependent clause to form either a compound or complex sentence.
		The most common way to join two simple sentences (independent clauses) is with a coordinating conjunction (i.e., and, or, but, nor, for, yet, so).
		To join sentences using this method, write the first independent clause, add a semicolon, write the conjunctive adverb, place a comma after the conjunctive adverb, and write the second independent clause.
	usawocc.army.mil /IMI/wg8.htm (542 words)

	Fundamentals of Journalism
		If a clause is dependent, the information in it is subordinate to that in the main clause, which is the independent clause.
		The independent clauses have to be connected with a coordinating conjunction.
		They saw the moon is an independent clause; which is the relative pronoun serving as the subject of the predicate was glowing in the dependent clause; they fell in love is the second independent clause, preceded by the coordinating conjunction and -- a coordinating conjunction.
	www.uark.edu /~kshurlds/FOJ/struc.html (1511 words)

	Rules of Usage. Strunk, William, Jr. 1918. Elements of Style
		In these sentences the clauses introduced by which, when, and where are non-restrictive; they do not limit the application of the words on which they depend, but add, parenthetically, statements supplementing those in the principal clauses.
		If a dependent clause, or an introductory phrase requiring to be set off by a comma, precedes the second independent clause, no comma is needed after the conjunction.
		If two or more clauses, grammatically complete and not joined by a conjunction, are to form a single compound sentence, the proper mark of punctuation is a semicolon.
	www.bartleby.com /141/strunk.html (1707 words)

	Sentences Part I (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		A dependent adverb clause begins with an adverbial subordinator such as when, while, because, even though, so that, if, etc. There are two possible positions for a dependent adverb clause: before or after the independent clause.
		A noun clause functions as a noun; that is, it can be a subject (Sentence 5) or an object (Sentence 6) of the independent clause.
		A compound sentence is two independent clauses joined by a coordinator, a conjunctive adverb, or a semicolon alone.
	www.studentservices.canterbury.ac.nz /awc/Grammar/SentencesPart1.htm (1837 words)

	Using Verb Tenses in Sequence.
		The sequence of tenses in complex sentences is usually determined by the tense of the verb in the independent clause.
		When the verb in the independent clause is the past tense, the verb in the dependent clause is usually in a past tense as well.
		In this sentence, both actions take place in the past, but the action of the independent clause (the feeding oats) follows the action of dependent clause (the eating of the hay) and as a result, the predicate of the dependent clause is in the past perfect ("had eaten").
	www.uottawa.ca /academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/vbseq.html (1033 words)

	Independent Clauses
		Avoid using the description that the independent clause can "stand by itself" or "makes sense by itself." Many dependent clauses, when removed from the context of the sentence, make sense on their own.
		The independent clause or main point of this sentence that the coach was taken aback.
		The subject of the dependent clause in this type of sentence is a relative pronoun that relates to the noun preceding it.
	grammar.uoregon.edu /clauses/independent.html (952 words)

	Tipsheet #023: Coordination and Subordination
		independent clause (a clause is a group of words that contains at least one subject and one verb) is one that can stand on its own two feet—independently.
		Compare an independent clause to the ideal roommate: She cleans up after herself, pays her share of the bills, never forgets to turn off the iron, and can fix a leaky faucet.
		In contrast to an independent clause, a dependent clause is incomplete; it is a type of sentence fragment.
	www.butte.cc.ca.us /services/student/cas/tipsheetsys/01-50/030.html (987 words)

	The Hindu Business Line : Hope is independent of the apparatus of logic
		An independent country self-governs, and an independent witness is not connected with another, though Charles de Gaulle once remarked, "No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent." Also, colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent, said Benjamin Disraeli, because there can be newer dependencies.
		An independent legislator has not political party affiliation, which makes him or her capable of tilting the power balance, especially if the public mandate is fractured.
		A thought that may apply to independent directors too; their worth, one may argue, is independent of their usefulness to the company.
	www.thehindubusinessline.com /2005/06/03/stories/2005060300320900.htm (1072 words)

	Independent and Dependent Clauses (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Independent Clause (IC): A group of words that contains a subject and verb and expresses a complete thought.
		The seven coordinating conjunctions used as connecting words at the beginning of an independent clause are and, but, for, nor, so, and yet.
		When the second independent clause in a sentence has an independent marker word, a semicolon is needed before the independent marker word.
	www.csbsju.edu /writingcenters/handouts/independent_and_dependent_clause.htm (513 words)

	Using Clauses as Nouns, Adjectives, and Adverbs
		In this case, the clause could not be a sentence by itself, since the conjunction "because" suggests that the clause is providing an explanation for something else.
		Like a noun, a noun clause acts as the subject or object of a verb or the object of a preposition, answering the questions "who(m)?" or "what?".
		In formal writing, an adjective clause begins with the relative pronouns "who(m)," "that," or "which." In informal writing or speech, you may leave out the relative pronoun when it is not the subject of the adjective clause, but you should usually include the relative pronoun in formal, academic writing:
	www.uottawa.ca /academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/claustyp.html (868 words)

	Independent Clauses II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The independent clause is "he remembered." "That his grandmother might give him her old sedan" is a dependent (noun) clause, and so is "Before Raoul bought his new car" (adverb clause).
		The sentence is one independent clause — with a compound verb.
		The independent clause is the part of the sentence that is underlined.
	webster.commnet.edu /quiz2/indep_clause_quiz2.htm (598 words)

	Sentence Fragments (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		A dependent clause cannot stand alone; it is an adjective or an adverb clause that must be "glued" to a closely related independent clause or used to "build" a new independent clause.
		The adverb dependent clause "because Julia was tired of being the last person in line for lunch" is not "glued" to an independent clause.
		This dependent clause cannot be "glued" to a closely related independent clause because one does not yet exist.
	mars.acnet.wnec.edu /~rodonogh/warpfall/SENTEN~1.html (953 words)

	Independent and Dependent Clauses
		An independent clause is a group of words that contains a subject and verb and expresses a complete thought.
		An independent marker word is a connecting word used at the beginning of an independent clause.
		A comma splice is the use of a comma between two independent clauses.
	owl.english.purdue.edu /handouts/grammar/g_clause.html (803 words)

	Independent Clause on AIDS Prevention Put into Law (26/08/2004) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		China is for the first time considering the addition of an independent clause on AIDS prevention in its contagious disease prevention and control law.
		The clause has been added to the draft amendment to the law, which has been submitted to the ongoing 11th meeting of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) for its third deliberation.
		There were also recommendations that a clause on eliminating discrimination against people with AIDS should be written into the law, because social bias against them has become serious.
	www.chinese-embassy.org.uk /eng/xw/t154231.htm (288 words)

	Write Stuff (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The similarity between an independent clause and a dependent clause is that each is a group of words that has a subject and a verb.
		The difference between the two clauses is that an independent clause makes a complete statement while a dependent clause does not make a complete statement.
		However, in this pattern, the independent clause is interrupted by the dependent clause.
	www.pearsoned.ca /highered/divisions/ct/writestuff/chap08.html (434 words)

	Comma Splices and Fused Sentences
		independent clauses can also be joined into one compound sentence with a semicolon alone.
		By attaching the dependent clause to an independent clause, we give the dependent clause the additional meaning it needs to be a complete thought.
		For complex sentences using pattern #3, use commas to separate the dependent clause from the independent clause only if the dependent clause is not essential to the sentence's meaning.
	wwwnew.towson.edu /ows/moduleCS_FS.htm (1087 words)

	KINDS OF SENTENCES AND THEIR PUNCTUATION
		An independent clause is comprised of a subject, a verb, and a complete thought.
		A dependent clause is comprised of a subject and a verb, but an incomplete thought.
		A COMPLEX SENTENCE has one dependent clause (headed by a subordinating conjunction or a relative pronoun) joined to an independent clause.
	wwwnew.towson.edu /ows/sentences.htm (178 words)

	The Literary Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Writing strings of clauses that are not properly coordinated by punctuation or grammar is a common fault in students' essays.
		Clauses are entire or relatively entire grammatical units that can be moved around in a sentence (like chairs in a room) without falling to pieces.
		In writing the non-restrictive relative clause is always preceded by a comma and closed off by a further comma or a full stop or period.
	www.literarydictionary.com /stylebook/stylebook.php (12114 words)

	Dependent Clause
		A dependent clause begins with a word like if, when, because, although, since, who, which, that, or whether and needs to be attached to an independent clause.
		The idea in a dependent clause is subordinate to the idea in the independent clause.
		A dependent clause alone cannot be punctuated as a sentence.
	college.hmco.com /english/raimes/digitalkeys/keyshtml/dependen.htm (98 words)

	Lab 5 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		An independent clause may begin with a coordinating conjunction, a conjunctive adverb, or a phrase.
		A comma splice is the error of joining two independent clauses with only a comma: He watched a movie, she went to a dance.
		A fused sentence is the error of joining two independent clauses with nothing—neither a conjunction nor any punctuation: He watched a movie_she went to a dance.
	www.funstruct.com /lab_5.htm (1344 words)

	Independent Clauses (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		To be independent, a clause must contain a verb and a subject and not begin with a subordinating word or phrase.
		The independent clause in the sentence is called the main clause.
		[The clause in italics is the independent clause.]
	www.mhhe.com /mayfieldpub/tsw/cl-indep.htm (139 words)

	Grammar Guide -- GrammarStation.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Independent Clause + [.] + Independent Clause + [,] + Conjunctive Adverb
		Independent Clause + [;] + Independent Clause + [,] + Conjunctive Adverb + [,] + Independent Clause
		The students were punished by the teacher for eating in class; their tuck box were taken, as a result, the teacher took them out for lunch.
	www.grammarstation.com /servlet/GGuide?type=CRB (1362 words)

	:: Xinhuanet - English :: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		BEIJING, Aug. 25 (Xinhuanet) -- China for the first time put an independent clause on AIDS prevention in contagious disease prevention and control law, as the country's AIDS prevention and control work is at a crucial stage.
		Some lawmakers suggested that clause on eliminating discrimination against people with AIDS should be written into the law, because social bias against them has become serious.
		Some suggested that clauses stating that blood collection organizations must guarantee quality of blood products and stipulating punishment for illegal blood collection and selling should be put into the law's amendment draft.
	news.xinhuanet.com /english/2004-08/25/content_1881085.htm (397 words)

	Sentence Basics
		When a clause has a word in front of it like "when" or "after" or "before" or "that," the clause no longer forms a complete thought and is now dependent or subordinate.
		The words that turn independent clauses into dependent clauses are called "subordinate conjunctions" and "relative pronouns" (follow these links for more information).
		Dependent and independent clauses form the main parts of the basic sentence patterns of the English language.
	www.accd.edu /sac/english/lirvin/Wguides/sentbasics.htm (492 words)

	punctuation
		The one thing you need to know in order to use this guide is the meaning of an independent clause and a dependent clause (and the difference between the two).
		An independent clause is a group of words that contain a subject, a verb, and can stand alone as a complete thought.
		A dependent clause is a group of words that contain a subject and a verb, but does not stand alone as a complete thought.
	oregonstate.edu /dept/eli/buswrite/punctuation.html (198 words)

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