The best line from the story that explains why the colorful flower will survive and reproduce better than a dull-colored flower is A. "The bee is attracted to the flower's bright color.".
An independent clause is a set of words that can hold on its own as a sentence. It has a subject, verb and complete thought, as most would say. A dependent clause on the other hand cannot stand on its own.
The answer to this is "She can't study in France.".
Patricia does not know French is not the complete clause, Because Patricia does not know French is an dependent clause easily identified because it starts with BECAUSE and of course BECAUSE is not a clause, it is a subordinating conjunction.
It would take 1,000 ants to make it across because 1m = 1000cm
B,D, and E would all reduce a listeners interest
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