Question

Dentify the dependent clause or clauses in the following sentence: ""I'm going to see Shawna at the mall later; you can come with me, though I know you two don't get along."

a) I'm going to see Shawna at the mall later
b) you can come with me
c) though I know you two don't get along
d) A & B
e) B & C
f) A & C"

Answer 1

The dependent clauses in the sentence are: "I'm going to see Shawna at the mall later" and "though I know you two don't get along".

Step-by-step explanation:

The dependent clauses in the sentence "I'm going to see Shawna at the mall later; you can come with me, though I know you two don't get along" are:

1. I'm going to see Shawna at the mall later
2. though I know you two don't get along

To identify the dependent clause in the provided sentence, we need to look for a clause that cannot stand alone as a sentence and typically begins with a subordinating conjunction. In the sentence, "I'm going to see Shawna at the mall later; you can come with me, though I know you two don't get along," the dependent clause is "though I know you two don't get along."

This clause cannot stand alone and is introduced by the subordinating conjunction "though." Therefore, the answer to the question is "c) though I know you two don't get along." Sentences can contain independent clauses that can stand alone and dependent clauses that cannot.

In this case, the sentence is a compound-complex sentence because it combines a compound sentence (two related independent clauses joined by a semicolon) and a complex sentence (an independent clause joined to a dependent clause).

Both of these clauses rely on the independent clause "you can come with me" to complete their meaning.