<p>Since you edited your post...</p>
<p>For the last sentence, "just between you and me" is not an independent clause because it does not have a verb in it.</p>
<p>k bump this one up... does anyone have any leads?</p>
<p>or should i just remember those words? and that an independent clause with one of these 'order' words are independent? anyone have a list of order words?</p>
<p>its just that choice E is a run-on. you need a comma before "and another sign is...."</p>
<p>^</p>
<p>umm ya i know that... but i'm more interested in why</p>
<p>umm guys, help me with a new question...</p>
<p>blue book pg 847</p>
<p><em>Something of</em> a phenomenon <em>in</em> the entertainment world, political satirists <em>are admired</em> by conservatives and radicals <em>alike</em></p>
<p>the answer is no error. however, shouldn't it be something of, since its refering to political satirists... which are human?</p>
<p>k i just had a major revelation here. plz confirm</p>
<p>words that appear at the beginning of a sentence, but merely IDENTIFIES the noun directly following it, does NOT make the sentence a dependent clause.</p>
<p>such as this on page 867:</p>
<p>This biographer of Cesar Chavez is no exception.</p>
<p>this is an independent clause because <em>this</em> merely identifies the biographer. This is consistent with the Another and Then, cause they merely identify, or indicate what comes next</p>
<p>bump this up quick</p>
<p>Is there a book that tells you ALL the grammatical errors tested on the NEW SAT? If you know a URL or book, it would be helpful for many people on this forum. Thanks.</p>
<p>Well like pretty much any good book covers them. PR does I know as does Kaplan. You basically have to learn them youself.</p>
<p>hmm can anyone answer my question with regards to the independent sentences?</p>
<p>yes, but you're making things a bit too complicated. if you know the differences between sentences and fragments, independent and dependent should be easy. independent clauses are sentences that can stand alone. dependent sentences are fragments. </p>
<p>Although I can't think of a good example, this one should suffice.
Let's break it up:
Although I can't think of a good example.
This isn't a sentence (though it would be if there was a comma after the although, but that would make the original example a run on).</p>
<p>This one should suffice.
A sentence! Here's your independent clause.</p>
<p>I'm not sure if there would be any confusion using this method.. maybe I'm wrong though.</p>
<p>hmm..... dunnoo</p>
<p>k, can anyone explain this one to me?</p>
<p>page 413</p>
<p>By attracting new industry when the old factory closed, the council kept the economy of the town from collapsing, <em>this was a disaster many workers had feared</em></p>
<p>a) this was a disaster many workers had feared
b) because many workers had feared a disaster
c) the fear many workers had would be a disaster
d) a disaster that many workers had feared
e) it was feared by many workers as a disaster</p>
<p>Can someone tell me why d is considered dependent? is it cause of "that", which means the disaster must refer to something else in the sentence?</p>
<p>The clause "this was a disaster many workers had feared" is an independent clause. It can stand alonge as a seperate sentence. Therefore, there is faulty coordination between the two independent clauses. As I said before, you need either a comma, then a coordinating conjunction (and, or, etc.), or a semicolon (or you could separate the two completely with a period). For this sentence, however, you can change the sentence a bit without changing the punctuation. The answer is D, because it turns the independent clause into a modyifying phrase. It modifies "the economy of the town from collapsing." This modifier phrase is dependent because it modifies...
"that" refers to disaster, I believe. The "that many workers had feared" is a relative clause within the modifier.</p>
<p>wow thats very technical. </p>
<p>I know how how to join 2 independent clauses or inde and depen, its just that i need to know how to identify a sentence as inde or not</p>
<p>Try taking the sentence apart and reading the clause separately. If it sounds like it could stand on its own like a sentence, then it is independent.</p>