Homework Help: Grammer (clauses)

Posted by Arika =] on Wednesday, January 28, 2009 at 11:09pm.

How does the sentence "By the time he reached the seventeenth floor, which seemed to take forever, he was winded and gasping?" use dependent, independent, and adjective clauses?

Grammer (clauses) - Arika =], Wednesday, January 28, 2009 at 11:22pm
Actually I want to know what they are in the sentence.
Grammer (clauses) - Ms. Sue, Thursday, January 29, 2009 at 10:08am
Dependent clause:
"By the time he reached the seventeenth floor, which seemed to take forever,"

Independent clause:
"he was winded and gasping"

Adjective clause:
"which seemed to take forever"

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