An independent clause is a group of words that contains a subject, a predicate, and a complete thought. A dependent clause is a group of words that contains a subject and a predicate, but does NOT express a complete thought.
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The preposition 'since' always shows a time relationship from the past to the present.
When you say 'since Monday' it means that he didn't have a car available from Monday until now.So, a time relatioship
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