Dependent vs Independent Clauses | Kathleen Jasper 

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Thanks for your comment and thanks for watching the video. You are incorrect. Dependent clauses are not sentences. That's why they are called dependent clauses; they depend on the rest of the sentence. You use a comma to separate them from the independent clause. For example: Before I went to the office, I went to the gym. The dependent clause, which cannot stand on its own as a sentence, is "Before I went to the office." The independent clause is "I went to the gym"--I is the subject; went is the predicate. The comma in the first example is used correctly: The doctor's assistant mistakenly overbooked the schedule, causing frustration on the part of the doctors and patients. The independent clause is "The doctor's assistant mistakenly overbooked the schedule." If you put a period at the end of that clause, it can stand alone as a sentence; it is independent. The dependent clause is "causing frustration on the part of the doctor and patients." That cannot stand on its own; it is dependent. You must have a comma between the 2. Otherwise, it is a run-on sentence. Commas have nothing to do with the flow of the sentence. Don't use that as a measure of whether to use a comma or not. That's how people score poorly on the exam. Rather, look to see what the comma is separating. In these cases, the comma is separating the dependent clause from an independent clause. Finally, you absolutely can use a comma after an independent clause. For example: She was swamped all day at work, running around finishing task after task. The independent clause is "She was swamped at work." "She" is the subject, "was swamped" is the predicate. The dependent clause is "running around finishing task after task." In the above case you would use the comma after the independent clause to separate it form the dependent clause. That avoids the run-on sentence error. Hope this helps. Have a great day.

NavaED I really appreciate the help : ) You are right about dependent clauses. What I meant was clauses = a subject + predicate. Dependent = not a complete thought. Independent = a complete thoughtful. I was told that you place a comma after a dependent clause. Ex: Causing frustration on the part of the doctors and patients, the doctor’s assistant mistakenly overbook the schedule. So what your saying is that you can place a comma after a independent clause? Ex: The doctors assistant mistakenly overbooked the schedule, causing frustration on the part of the doctors and patients.

Janseen Almodovar both of those sentences are correct. You can put the dependent clause first, or last. The key is to separate them from the independent clause with a comma. Otherwise, they’re run-ons. Thanks for watching and commenting. We have a ton of videos for grammar. Have a great day!

Dependent clauses are sentence fragments, they are not complete sentences.

Julia Jakkel Thank you Julia. I know. Dependent clause = a subject + a predicate that’s not a complete thought. Independent clause = a subject + a predicate with a complete thought.