Identify each of the following clauses as independent or dependent: unless it comes today. i enjoy the opera. although i lost the library book. when the movie is over.

1. Unless it comes today: dependent

2. I enjoy the Opera: independent

3. Although I lost the library book: dependent

4. When the movie is over: dependent

Explanation:

Clauses are group of related words containing a subject and a verb and that can be divided into two types: 1) Dependent: when they do not express a complete thought on their own, and therefore can not stand alone as sentences, or 2) Independent: when they express a complete idea on their own.

Unless it comes today, Although I lost the library book and When the movie is over are all dependent clauses because they do not express complete thought on their own. Furthermore, they are adverb clauses because they are introduced by subordinating conjunctions: unless, although and when. In order to correct this clauses, then, they must be placed next to an independent clause.

I enjoy the Opera, on the other hand, is an independent clause because it expresses a complete idea on its own, and can stand alone as a full sentence. Independent clauses, in fact, are sentences.

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