Writing with Tenses / Advanced Sentence Building
Independent and Dependent Clauses
An independent clause can stand alone as a sentence. A dependent clause needs another clause to complete its relationship. Attach reasons and time clauses to complete ideas.
Understand and use it
An independent clause can stand alone as a sentence. A dependent clause needs another clause to complete its relationship. Attach reasons and time clauses to complete ideas.
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I stayed home.
because it was raining → I stayed home because it was raining.
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