A few days ago
Anonymous

a (n) ____ contains a subject and a predicate, but cannot stand alone. it depends on something else in the?

sentence for support.

a. independent clause

b. subodinate clause

c. fragment

d. prepositional phrase

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A few days ago
Beardo

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b a subordinate clause (which is atype of dependent clause).

(A fragment could be anything – not necessarily including subject and predicate.)

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A few days ago
stylediva
Wow, you have a whole bunch of different answers…well, at least you know it’s not d! Lol. Sorry, jokes aside, consider this subordinate clause:

Once Adam smashed the spider…

| Adam = subject | smashed the spider= predicate

So what happened? Did his sister cheer him for his bravery or lecture him on animal rights? No complete thought = fragment; what this means is that this sentence is obviously incomplete. Here’s another one:

After Amy sneezed all over the tuna salad…

Yeah? Then what? A subordinate clause cannot stand alone as a sentence because it does not provide a complete thought. The reader is left wondering, “So what happened?” If I didn’t finish the above two sentences about Amy and Adam, they would be considered fragments. So, the answer would be: b. Subordinate clause!

Hope this helps ๐Ÿ™‚

PS, to clear any confusion you might have regarding the other choices and to thoroughly understand your grammar, visit: www.chompchomp.com (that is where I got all the examples from!)

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A few days ago
Faline
A dependent clause (or subordinate clause) cannot stand alone as a sentence. In itself, a dependent clause does not express a complete thought; therefore, it is usually attached to an independent clause. Although a dependent clause contains a subject and a predicate, it sounds incomplete when standing alone.

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A few days ago
Anonymous
fragment

Good Luck!!!

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