Question

Read the clause.During the long winter, the harsh restrictions provoked anger and outrage in the public.What is the best way to describe this clause?It is dependent because it has a subject and a verb.It is independent because it has a subject and a verb.It is dependent because it expresses a complete thought.It is independent because it expresses a complete thought.

Answer 1

It is independent because it expresses a complete tought.

Answer 2

During the long winter, the harsh restrictions provoked anger and outrage in the public.

Your answer would be that the best way to describe this clause is the following one: It is independent because it expresses a complete thought. This type of sentences can stand alone as a sentence, containing a subject and a predicate with a finite verb.