what are dependent and independent clauses?

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Independent clauses can be sentences on their own or parts of longer sentences.

Dependent clauses can only be parts of other sentences.

Independent cl = We came home from the dance.

Dependent cl = When we came home from the dance
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/clauses.htm
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/clauses.htm#dependent
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