Clauses
A dependent clause is missing one of these.
a subject, a predicate, or a complete thought
similarly
word
without her sister.
An independent clause includes...
a subject, a predicate, and a compelte thought.
As a result
I ran to the store.
Independent
This word follows a comma and starts a dependent clause is.
transition word!
finally
linking word
because I was out of milk.
On the other hand
linking phrase
Yesterday at the beach I ate a hotdog and drank lemonaid.
independent
This is a...
dependent clause!
Linking clasue
though they didn't have the right one.