Independent clauses can stand alone as sentences. To be independent, a clause must contain a verb and asubject and not begin with a subordinating word or phrase.
Some clauses contain a verb and a subject but begin with a subordinating word or phrase (such as becauseor while) that expresses a close connection to another clause. Such A sentence must contain at least one independent clause; it may contain one ormore dependent clauses. The independent clause in the sentence is called the --"Trends in Materials Science," Scientific American Copyright ©2001 The McGraw-Hill Companies. Any use is subject to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. McGraw-Hill Higher Education is one of the many fine businesses of Although the pace of technological innovation has been impressively brisk,whether the materials will make an impact on commerce remainsunclear. [The clause in italics is the independent clause.]
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