40 points what is a dependent clause

a dependent clause is the clause which can't stand alone because it doesn't convey complete meaning.

Explanation:

A clause is a group of related words that contains a subject with an attached verb.

An independent clause is the clause that can stand alone as a sentence: it has a subject, a verb, and is a complete thought.

On the other hand, a dependent clause is the clause which can't stand alone because it doesn't convey complete meaning. It is dependent on being attached to an independent clause to form a complex sentence.  

Example complex sentence:  

A helium nucleus has two protons, whereas hydrogen has only one.

Dependent clauses can often be identified by words called dependent markers, which are usually subordinating conjunctions. Here, the dependent marker is "whereas", since the clause begins with this marker, it is dependent and needs to be attached to an independent clause: A helium nucleus has two protons.  This independent clause has complete meaning.



the speech this question is referring to is president kennedy's special message to the congress on urgent national needs, may 25, 1961

kennedy responds in a very direct and concrete way to those thinking that communism is a positive system:

"yet their aggression is more often concealed than open. they have fired no missiles; and their troops are seldom seen. they send arms, agitators, aid, technicians and propaganda to every troubled area. but where fighting is required, it is usually done by others--by guerrillas striking at night, by assassins striking alone--assassins who have taken the lives of four thousand civil officers in the last twelve months in vietnam alone--by subversives and saboteurs and insurrectionists, who in some cases control whole areas inside of independent nations." (kennedy)

president kennedy presents communism as cowardly, as a hidden and treacherous weapon that strikes from the shadows like thieves, he represents the system as not even being capable of showing and open and overt attack or confrontation. to finish up the response, he expresses that the system attacks even a country's idependence and freedom.

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