When it started to snow, everyone headed for the ski hill.

Help. Need to know which part of this sentence is independant.

thanks

I'm pretty sure the independant sentence is:

"everyone headed for the ski hill."

Larry is correct.

Dependent (subordinate) clause (cannot be a sentence on its own): When it started to snow

Independent (main) clause (can be a sentence on its own or combined with other clauses and/or phrases): everyone headed for the ski hill.

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/clauses.htm

To identify the independent clause in this sentence, we need to look for a complete thought that can stand alone as a sentence. An independent clause has a subject and a predicate and does not rely on any other part of the sentence for its meaning.

In the given sentence, "When it started to snow, everyone headed for the ski hill," there is only one independent clause. An independent clause can function as a complete sentence on its own. In this case, the independent clause is: "everyone headed for the ski hill."

The dependent clause, "When it started to snow," does not express a complete thought and relies on the independent clause to convey its meaning. Therefore, the independent clause in the sentence is "everyone headed for the ski hill."