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Read the excerpt.
At the beginning of the mission, since our priority was to identify the origin of the alien’s signal.
What is the most accurate way to describe the excerpt?
It is a complex sentence.
It is an independent clause.
It is a dependent clause.
It is a compound sentence.
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It’s a dependent clause.
Reason: It has a subject and verb ("our priority was") but begins with the subordinating conjunction "since" (and the adverbial phrase "At the beginning of the mission"), so it cannot stand alone as a complete sentence.
Reason: It has a subject and verb ("our priority was") but begins with the subordinating conjunction "since" (and the adverbial phrase "At the beginning of the mission"), so it cannot stand alone as a complete sentence.
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