Question

I have a few questions about grammar
1, Does a sentence that starts of with "if" an independent sentence or a dependant?
2, Does a sentence that starts of with "in order to" an independent sentence or a dependant?
2, is there a comma before “instead of” and “rather than”?
3, is there a comma before in order to that is not starting a sentence.
plsssss help!!!!!!!

Answer 1

1. It can be either;
"If I were you, " >> dependent clause
"If I were you, I'd study more. " >> independent clause, sentence

2. Same principle as number 1.

2. Not ususally

3, Usually