I would say many thing from life liberty and pursuit of happiness have come through freedom of newspapers talking about government issues or thoughts many books about openly opinionated articles were allowed from these themes. (I'm not an expert just giving a sort of ideas )
Answer:
I give myself very good advice is independent
I very seldom follow it is dependent
The sentence is compound
Explanation:
Liberating is a Gerund because it ends in -ing.
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