Although the path to success seemed clear, they were unable to take advantage of their position, and the other team triumphed. It was a humbling, but not catastrophic, failure.
Which of the following is an independent clause from the sentences above?
A. Although the path to success seemed clear
B. but not catastrophic
C. the other team triumphed
D. of their position
I chose C because this sentence makes the most sense to me.
Now which of those could you write as a sentence?
Too bad, "although" spoiled the first one.
Yea, "although" ruined it all. So I chose C.
I agree, but am no expert.
C is correct.
To determine which option is an independent clause, we need to identify a group of words that expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence.
Option A: "Although the path to success seemed clear" is a dependent clause because it starts with the subordinating conjunction "although" and lacks a subject-verb combination necessary for it to be an independent clause.
Option B: "but not catastrophic" is also a dependent clause because it acts as a contrastive phrase and lacks a subject-verb combination.
Option C: "the other team triumphed" is indeed an independent clause because it contains a subject ("the other team") and a verb ("triumphed"), expressing a complete thought and forming a grammatically correct sentence.
Option D: "of their position" is a prepositional phrase and does not contain a subject-verb combination, so it is not an independent clause.
Therefore, the independent clause from the given options is C.