I think I’ve talked about this before, but an independent clause expresses a complete thought, a dependent clause does not:

Julie studies at Perdu. (Independent)

When Julie was studying at Perdu¦ (Dependent because we’re not sure what happened”it’s not a complete thought.)

Natasha Deen author
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