Harvey's presence on the show is sure to hold a ton of promise for Season 4, especially because it means that Claire officially has someone in her corner to help her get a leg up on her husband (which, spoiler, is going to be very important to Claire's #goals this season!).
Independent clauses can stand alone as sentences. To be independent, a clause must contain a verb and asubject and not begin with a subordinating word or phrase.
Examples and Observations. 1  A clause is a group of words that [contains] a subject and a verb. 2  There are two major types: independent clauses and dependent clauses. 3  An independent clause can stand alone as a sentence, beginning with a capital letter and ending with terminal punctuation such as a period.n independent clause (unlike a dependent clause) can stand alone as a sentence. An independent clause is also known as a main clause or a superordinate clause. Two or more independent clauses can be joined with a coordinating conjunction (such as and) to form a compound sentence. Exercises.