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.
A complex sentence has one independent clause and at least one dependent clause. An independent clause (unlike adependent clause) can stand alone as asentence. Below are examples of complex sentences. In each example, the independent clause is shaded. The dependent clause is unshaded. 1  Stay in the bath until the phone rings.  The car swerved to miss Mrs Jackson, who had slipped off the pavement.