IDENTIFYING DEPENDENT AND INDEPENDENT CLAUSES
Introduction Clauses ...
But first, what do we mean by dependent/independent clauses? ... location of the two types of clauses: independent and dependent. Obviously, then, we ...
http://www.canadianwriterspocketguide2e.nelson.com/includes/HED/buscomm/PDF/Module13.PDF
The
Independent Clause
An independent (or main) clause expresses a complete thought and can stand by ... EXERCISE A Underline the independent clause or clauses in each of the ...
http://mrshatzi.com/files/clauses-ws-1.pdf
Independent
and Subordinate Clauses A
IND for independent clause or SUB for subordinate clause. ... EXERCISE On the lines provided, add independent clauses to the following subordinate clauses ...
http://mrshatzi.com/files/clauses-ws-2.pdf
INDEPENDENT CLAUSE:AN INDEPENDENT
CLAUSE IS A COMPLETE SENTENCE ...
All independent clauses have a subject and a verb: Marie ran. s v. Some independent clauses also have objects: Marie ran the race. s v obj ...
http://www.sbcc.edu/clrc/files/wl/downloads/IndependentandDependentClauses.pdf
Separating Independent Clauses in Compound
Sentences Exercises
Compound Sentence: A sentence that has two or more independent clauses. There are four ways to separate independent clauses in a compound sentence: ...
http://www.sjsu.edu/writingcenter/docs/handouts/Independent_Clauses.pdf
Independent
and Dependent Clauses
Clauses are of two types: independent and dependent. The first ... precedes an independent clause, the clauses must be separated with a comma. ...
http://www.write.armstrong.edu/handouts/Clauses2.pdf
Clauses:
Essential Building-Blocks
categorizes clauses into independent and dependent clauses. ... Independent clauses could stand by themselves as discrete sentences, except that when they ...
http://www.write.armstrong.edu/handouts/Clauses.pdf
Independent Clause Errors
linking independent clauses and then demonstrates the five most common ... The term comma splicerefers to the linking of two independent clauses with a ...
http://www3.uark.edu/qwct/resources/handouts/21 Independent Clause Errors.pdf
An
independent clause is also known as a m ain
clause. An in ...
tence consists of an independent clause and one or m ore dependent clauses. ... Com bine two independent clauses by using a com m a before a coordinating ...
http://www.monmouth.edu/writing_center/pdf/Clauses.pdf
Joining Independent Clauses
An Independent Clause can stand alone – independently – as a complete sentence. ... o To see if a Clause is Independent, look for a Subject and a Predicate: ...
http://www.cwu.edu/~writingcenter/resources/handouts/JoiningIndependentClauses2-24-09.pdf
WAYS
YOU CAN COMBINE SENTENCES: ; , independent clause
.
precedes the independent clause, separate the clauses with a comma. ... When the dependent (subordinate) clause follows the independent clause, don't use a ...
http://www.ipfw.edu/casa/writing/pdf/Sentences,Combining5.07.pdf
Sentence
Patterns . ; independent clause. ; conjunctive
adverb or ...
Subordinate conjunction dependent clause, independent clause. ... Independent clause Subordinating conjunction dependent clause. ...
https://www.owens.edu/writing/patterns.pdf
Kinds of Clauses
A subordinate clause must always be combined with an independent clause. Although the days are cool, ... B. Identifying Independent and Subordinate Clauses ...
http://www.charlottemattison.com/Worksheets/Reteaching Kinds of Clauses P.70.pdf
RUN-ONS and COMMA SPLICES both occur when two INDEPENDENT
CLAUSES ...
[Remember A comma is NOT enough to join two independent clauses!] RUN-ON: two independent clauses joined together with no punctuation ...
http://www.mdc.edu/Kendall/collegeprep/enc0002_beta/test_12/run_ons_review.pdf
1. Use a
comma to separate two independent,
clauses (complete ...
Do not, however, join two sentences (independent clauses) with only a comma or with no punctuation; such an error is called ...
http://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/~sflores/punctuation.pdf
Run-ons Worksheet
(5 points) Examples: • Correctly formed compound ...
or describes an action done by a subject that is in the clause. Examples: • Correctly formed compound sentence. (independent clause + subordinated clause) ...
http://staff.jccc.net/mfitzpat/hybrid/runon.PDF
When two independent clauses (complete thoughts
that can stand ...
term given to a sentence which joins two or more independent clauses without proper ... Solution 1: Separate the two independent clauses into two sentences. ...
http://www.pasadena.edu/divisions/english/writing/documents/dbdistin_527.pdf
Commas,
Commas, Everywhere… Use Commas: To separate
independent ...
To separate independent clauses (each containing a subject and a verb) with a ... To separate a dependent clause from independent (main) clause. ...
http://www.westga.edu/~writing/commaspdf.pdf
Independent and Subordinate
Clauses The Adjective Clause
Independent clauses: I play the guitar, and George sings. ... Decide if each item below is an independent clause or a subordinate clause. ...
http://ajhs.ajusd.org/~jheerman/teacherpages/AP English/GrammarWorksheets/Independent and Subordinate Clauses.pdf
Review and Practice in Finding Clauses Review:
Although Joan ran ...
Two independent clauses. The comma and but connect the two independent clauses. The subject in the second clause is he. 6. The girls who came through the ...
http://www.ucmo.edu/ae/writing/documents/ReviewandPracticeinFindingClauses.pdf
Separation/Coordination/Subordination 1. ONE INDEPENDENT
CLAUSE ...
but they also maintain their status as independent clauses. An independent clause or sentence can be made more pertinent to the text and ...
http://www.ucmo.edu/ae/writing/documents/SeparationCoordinationSubordination.pdf
Lab #3: Punctuating
Independent Clauses, Editing Run-on Sentences
...
Warning: If you decide to place a comma between Independent Clauses, one of the ... On the lines provided, write these Independent Clauses as one sentence, ...
http://cpartida.com/Lab3.pdf
Clauses Phrases Pronouns Antecedents
Join words, phrases, or clauses to independent clauses, linking ideas of lesser ... Independent clauses can stand alone with terminal punctuation. ...
http://faculty.washington.edu/jansp/TC401/CourseResources/GrammarFlashCards.pdf
IC (Independent Clause) DC (Dependent Clause)
clauses in English: independent clauses and dependent clauses. An independent clause (ID) has one SV combination and expresses a complete thought. It ...
http://eu.lib.kmutt.ac.th/elearning/CourseOnDemand/LNG101/download/22.pdf
Grammar: Complex Sentences Complex Sentence: A complex sentence
...
A complex sentence contains one independent clause and at least one dependent clause. ... Independent Clauses: If a clause can stand alone as a sentence, ...
http://www.teacherweb.com/MA/DrKevinMHurleyMiddleSchool/dsturner/grcomplexsent.pdf
These words show the relationship between two independent
clauses ...
when you use them to combine 2 Independent Clauses. IC, and IC. ... IC = Independent Clause: Subject + Verb + Complete Idea/Thought—EX: Today is Saturday. ...
http://www2.bakersfieldcollege.edu/pboyles/English 60/FEE Resource Sheet for Students.pdf
CLAUSES AND COMPOUND SENTENCES
There are two kinds of clauses: independent and dependent. All clauses must have both ... Independent clauses/sentences may be joined in three ways: ...
http://www.sinclair.edu/centers/tlc/pub/handouts_worksheets/english/sentences_clauses_and_compound.pdf
Clauses
An independent clause contains a subject and a verb and expresses a .... Connect the two independent clauses in each question by using either a FANBOY or a ...
http://liberalarts.humber.ca/eng_dept/handouts/5-mechanics/clauses.pdf
Independent and Dependent
Clauses
Independent and Dependent Clauses. An independent clause expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a simple sentence. Examples: ...
http://steckvaughn.hmhco.com/HA/correlations/pdf/i/IndependentDependentClauses.pdf
COMPOUND SENTENCES A compound sentence combines two complete
...
compound sentence is used to emphasize both clauses equally. Compound sentences can have independent clauses joined by: 1. A coordinating conjunction (for, ...
http://www20.csueastbay.edu/library/scaa/files/pdf/CompoundComplexSentences.pdf
Simple Sentences
Simple sentences are independent clauses. They contain a subject and a predicate. Rule 1: Simple sentences can be very short, consisting of only one word (a ...
http://abcteach.com/free/g/grammar_simplesentence_predicatesubject.pdf
SOPHISTICATED PUNCTUATION Semicolon 1. Use a semicolon between
...
Use a semicolon between independent clauses joined by such words as for ... Use a semicolon to join independent clauses not joined by a connective ...
http://gallery.carnegiefoundation.org/collections/castl_k12/jcone/pdfs/semicolon.pdf
Netscape: OWL at Purdue University: Printable Handouts ...
A comma splice is the use of a comma between two independent clauses. ... Fused sentences happen when there are two independent clauses not separated by any ...
http://www.aum.edu/uploadedFiles/Student_Life/Student_Services/Learning_Center/IndepDependent.pdf
Independent and Dependent Clauses
(Definitions)
and independent clauses. The definitions offered here will help you with this. ... clause in a sentence has an independent marker word, a ...
http://faculty.rcc.edu/brown/Csuf/pdf/Independent and Dependent Clauses.pdf
Grammar Review: Independent and Dependent
(Subordinate) Clauses
A clause is simply a group of words containing a subject and its verb. There are two categories of clauses--independent clauses and dependent (subordinate) ...
http://www.carlalbert.edu/bwestfall/comp-1/grammar-sheets/Intro-to-Clauses.pdf
HUNTER
COLLEGE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK WRITING CENTER GRAMMAR AND ...
as a sentence on its own is called an independent clause: ... Two independent clauses may be combined in one sentence by connecting them with a semi-colon: ...
http://sswwc.hunter.cuny.edu/on-line/clause-connecting-rules.pdf
What Is a Clause?
An independent clause expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a ... should be to independent clauses. Rewrite the paragraph, connecting the ...
http://www.old.abcusd.k12.ca.us/dist_info/schl/tetz2/7th PDF Grammar/7th Clause.pdf
List and
Colons Salutation and colons List and semicolons Two ...
Two independent clauses. • Use a semicolon when the two clauses do not have a coordinating conjunction. o Think carefully before responding; your future may ...
http://coe.jmu.edu/learningToolbox/printer/lstt-pe.pdf
Sentence
Patterns When you use a variety of different sentence ...
►Compound sentences contain two or more independent clauses. ... Independent clause: you will have to wait until tomorrow for the next train. ...
http://www.sdc.uwo.ca/writing/handouts/Sentence Patterns.pdf
Clause Handout PM 6.5
SUBJECT AND VERB — all clauses dependent or independent have a subject and a verb. ... INDEPENDENT CLAUSES can stand on their own just like complete ...
http://hagerstownddiercks.homestead.com/files/Clause_Handout_PM_6.5.pdf
Joining or Separating Independent Clauses during
Proofreading
Many students know that an independent clause is a complete thought that can stand on its ... An independent clause must have something and what it does. ...
http://rexrose.com/DMAC/Joining_or_Separating_Independent_Clauses_while_Editing_1_.pdf
Lesson 29 The Subjunctive Mood in Independent
Clauses The ...
The Subjunctive Mood in Independent Clauses. How many tenses exist for the Latin subjunctive?_________Which one is introduced in this lesson? ...
http://www.umich.edu/~classics/latin/Course packs/Lesson Content Worksheets/Lesson 29 content wksht.pdf
Phrases, Clauses, and Sentences
Sometimes when a complex sentence has two independent clauses as well as one or more independent clauses, it is called a compound-complex sentence. ...
http://www.johnkeithcommunications.com/workspace/PhraseClause_Intermediate.pdf
Simple Sentence – consists of one independent
clause that contains ...
Compound Sentence – two or more independent clauses with each clause containing a subject and a verb; the independent clauses are connected by a ...
http://mrsgietz.com/pdfs/notes_simple_compound_complex_sentences.pdf
Sentence
Structure and Troubleshooting Common Errors
by TC Errors - Related articles
http://www.iupui.edu/~uwc/pdf/ESL Sentence Structure.pdf
Using
Clauses and Phrases.qxd
Combining independent clauses to form compound sentences. Discussion Questions & Activities. • A compound sentence made up of two independent clauses can be ...
http://www.libraryvideo.com/guides/V6916.pdf
CLAUSES
Read the following clauses carefully and decide which are independent and ... C. Independent clauses may be joined using a comma, plus a co-ordinate ...
http://bowvalleycollege.ca/library/quick_links/study_guides/English/grammar/clauses.pdf
Independent and Subordinate
Clauses A
An independent (or main) clause expresses a complete thought and can stand by itself as ... INDEPENDENT CLAUSE Some people find television boring. ...
http://dlc.k12.ar.us/Sheree.Crites/PDFS/GrammarUsage/Ind_Dep_clauses.pdf
I. Sentence (simple) = A complete thought = an independent
clause ...
Place a semicolon between the two independent clauses—. The students were tired; no one wanted to contribute to the lecture. ...
http://www.groupdiscussion101.org/giffysite/tools/pdfs/classnotes.pdf
Clauses, Phrases, and Commas
Independent clauses can stand on their own as sentences. ... Dependent clauses rely on independent clauses to complete the thought in the sentence. ...
http://www.cayuga-cc.edu/pdf/academics/writingassistance/clauses_phrases.pdf
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