A group of words that has a subject and verb but does not express a complete thought is called: a. Independent clause b. Dependent clause Please select the best answer from the choices provided A B

B- Dependent clause

Explanation: An example : 'My father is reading a book because my mother is sleeping.' 'My father is reading a book' is an independent clause and could be a sentence on its own. 'Because my mother is sleeping' is dependent and makes no sense without its independent counterpart. Dependent clauses often don't make sense on their own.

"the sandy walls seemed to collapse in on themselves"

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"the bloodshot waters seemed to have no bottom"

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