An independent clause consists of a subject (e.g. “the dog”) and a verb (e.g. “barked”) creating a complete thought. The dog barked. A dependent clause cannot stand alone even if it contains a subject ...
Subordinate clauses are sometimes known as 'dependent clauses' because they need the main part of the sentence to make sense. They don’t make complete sense on their own. For example ...
and complex close complex sentenceA sentence that contains a main (independent) clause and one or more subordinate (dependent) clauses which add extra detail or information to the main clause..