what's the difference between a independent clause and a complete sentence?

Answer 1

independent clause is a part of a sentence but is still considered as a definite sentence.
for example:

I eat chicken when I get hungry.

The independent clause in this sentence is:

I eat chicken

The rest of the sentence is another part, called the dependent clause, which in this sentence is:

when I get hungry.

Now, the sentence is the whole thing, both of these parts:

I eat chicken when I get hungry.

Answer 2

An independent clause begins with words like because , but ,with, and for and can stand alone. They contain a sub and verb however, they do not meet the grammatical requirement for a complete sentences because when these clauses and phrases start with any of these words, they cannot be considered to be the main part of a subject or verb. For example, "Because i want too". This is an independent clause because it contains a sub and verb and can stand alone, however it can't be a complete sentence because there is not a complete thought and Grammatically there needs to be an object, or an answer and the clause cannot be considered to be that part of the sentance structure. Below is the independent clause and the complete sentence.

Because I want too. (independent clause) missing the What?
Because I want too What? and starts with a clause. No sub, and No verb,consequently, no complete sentance.

Because I want too, is the reason I am calling you.
Complete sentence.
This sentence contains the independent clause.
I is the sub and calling is the verb and this answers and grammatically meets the requirements for a complete sentence.

I hope this helps u.

But, I can't be sure. (independent clause)

Answer 3

Technically you do not have a "complete" sentence in the sense that you are asking this question but the answer is none.

An independent clause is the same as a simple sentence, no other clauses are present.

A compound sentence consists of two (or more) independent clauses, a complex sentence consists of an independent clause and a dependent clause and a compound-complex sentence consists of two or more independent clauses and a dependent clause.

Hope this helps.

PS: "I eat chicken when I get hungry." would be considered a complex sentence. "I eat chicken" is the independent clause, "when" is the subordinating conjunction and "I get hungry" is the dependent clause.

Answer 4

An independent clause can stand alone as a complete simple sentence.
Examples in English:
"I went to the store" (independent)
"because I went to the store" (dependent)

In linguistics, a sentence is a unit of language, characterized in most languages by the presence of a finite verb.

One traditional scheme for classifying English sentences is by the number and types of finite clauses:

A simple sentence consists of a single independent clause with no dependent clauses.
A compound sentence consists of multiple independent clauses with no dependent clauses. These clauses are joined together using conjunctions, punctuation, or both.
A complex sentence consists of one independent clause with at least one dependent clause.
A complex-compound sentence (or compound-complex sentence) consists of multiple independent clauses, at least one of which has at least one dependent clause.

Answer 5

An independent clause follows a semicolon.