<span>B, "Orwell’s purpose is to persuade readers to use simple language in political writing. He achieves this by discouraging the use of worn-out words and phrases," is the correct answer.</span>
An independent clause is a clause that can stand alone in a sentence. (it expresses a complete thought.
a dependent clause is a clause with a subject and a verb, but it does not express a complete thought, therefore it can not serve as a sentence alone.
For the United States, it was George Washington
