Is this a joke
well if it is i have 2 anwers
cows or new deli
GOALIE is the appositive in the sentence
It's known as a church commitment
Billy Jo thinks that the sky is blue because the sun paints it each morning.
<em>Billy Jo thinks that the sky is blue</em>. This is the independent clause. It has meaning by itself.
..<em>because the sun paints it each morning</em>. This is the dependent clause. It does not have meaning by itself. It needs the independent clause. It gives extra information -reason- related to the information in the independent clause.