Clauses*

Ok so independent clause.

The cat ran.

Dependent clause.

Before the cat ran

So you can't have a dependent clause sentence. It is dependent so it depends on more of a sentence.

An independent sentence can be one sentence in itself.

In order to have a sentence , you need an independent clause, I believe.

So,

Before the cat ran, the cat drunk water.

Before the cat ran is a dependent clause.

The cat drunk water is an independent clause.

So, that's a complex sentence bc it has an independent clause and a dependent clause.

For a compound sentence, you'd have 2 independent phrases.

The cat ran, so the cat drunk water.

These need fanboys (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) or a semicolon (;) to be separated

The cat drunk water; she ran.

A sentence to be independent needs a subject and a verb.

A subject is what or who it is about.

The cat is the subject.
Ran is the verb.

The cat ran.

The dog fed.

The human danced.

The trees swung.

I got food.

I is the subject, got is the verb.

Food is not the subject, food is something else but I forgot what it's called so I'll do another chapter on that bc it's confusing...

I is what got food. Food didn't get I.

If I said
Food got me

Then food is the subject

I have cake.

I is the subject
Have is the verb.

Does all this make sense?

So now a run on sentence is one with like 2 independent clauses...

The cat drunk water, the cat ran.

It should be

The cat drunk water; the cat ran.

Or you can use fanboys.

The cat drunk water and the cat ran.

Etc...

The cat ran; therefore, the cat drunk water.

That's another thing, I'll do another chapter on those if someone comments for a chapter on run on sentences bc ik they're a big problem in writing...

Also, just wanna say, I'm not making this book super formal. I'm not careful on my Grammer unless it's an example. I say "bc" and other stuff and I don't say "because", but like, that's how I type. I only write formal if needed, lol....

So yeah