While the NSA's electronic basket of violations of the Fourth Amendment were, pre-Snowden, meant to take place in utter secrecy, here's a violation that sits in broad daylight: since 2002, my doctor can disclose my medical records to the NSA without my permission or knowledge.
A COMPLEX SENTENCE includes both a subordinate clause and an independent clause. Log in to see link for more information. Added 7/16/2014 7:46:19 PM. This answer has been confirmed as correct, not copied, and helpful.
This simply means that some clauses can stand by themselves, as separate sentences, and some can't. Another term for dependent clause is subordinate clause: this means that the clause is subordinate to another element (the independent clause) and depends on that other element for its meaning. The subordinate clause is created by a subordinating conjunction or dependent word.