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Corruption in African countries is hindering economic, political and social development. accessed public services, such as health care and education, paid a bribe in the previous year.
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Prepositional phrase: on Ben's shoulder
Subject: Tattoo
Verb: spells
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.