Example: "After they got home from the restaurant."
Example: "Sofia decided to get her ears pierced, her new earrings were pretty."
Dependent Clause
Fused Sentence
Example: "Myra had fun at the movie theater with her friends."
Independent Clause
Comma Splice
Example: "Marvin and Nick came to school late they got in trouble."
Two clauses that were stuck together with only a comma to link them
This is an example of a dependent clause.
An incomplete thought (cannot stand on its own) with a noun and a verb
This is an example of a comma splice
This is an example of an independent clause.
A complete thought (that can stand on its own) with a noun and a verb
Two clauses that were stuck together with no punctuation
This is an example of a fused sentence.
