In John Conway's famous game of "Life", there is a finite grid filled with cells. Either each cell is alive, or it is dead.
What are the two independent clauses in the above sentence? the two sentences
1. In John Conway's famous game of "Life", there is a finite grid filled with cells.
2. Either each cell is alive, or it is dead.
Are both of the above mentioned clauses are independent
clauses or is it just the second clause the contain two independent
clause and is combined by a coralative conjunction.
I have problem with identifying the independent clauses with
dependent clauses. Do you mean you find it difficult to tell the apart? I know that dependent clauses cannot stand alone by
themselves but independent clauses does. But what does the clause
"stand alone by themselves" mean. stand alone means here the clause convey complete tought.
For example, consider sentence # 2;
Each cell is alive clearly is an independent clause. Yes
It is dead seems independent too no, because we do not what 'it' refers to because when said alno it does convey a complete message. But one can argue that in context it is ambigious that what message has been canveyed.
Please help me with this problem.