Henry, your second sentence does not add a dependent clause, and your third sentence does not add an independent clause.
Jocelyn and Janet, adding a semi-colon avoids the challenge of adding an independent clause.
Janet, your first sentence is a fragment, and your second sentence makes the original clause into a subject, not a dependent clause.
This turned out to be a little trickier than I expected. Maybe because the original sentence is already a complex one.
Here are some examples:
Phrase: "During a monsoon, when it rains, it pours" or "As they say, when it rains, it pours". Dependent clause: "Because this is a rain forest, when it rains, it pours" or "Although it has been a relatively dry year, when it rains, it pours". Independent clause: "It doesn't rain often, but when it rains, it pours" or "This is a watershed, so when it rains, it pours".
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... when it rains, it pours ...
Sentence 1. Add a phrase
In Malaysia, when it rains, it pours cats and dogs.
Sentence 2. Add a dependent clause
At that moment the woman realized that when it rains, it pours!
Sentence 3. Add an independent clause
"When it rains, it pours" is an English expression.
Sentence 1: During the winter in Turkey, when it rains, it pours.
Sentence 2: As the old saying goes, when it rains, it pours.
Sentence 3: When it rains, it pours; though, nothing was going to take away her positive outlook on life.
Phrase:
The old adage, when it rains, it pours
Dependant clause:
When it rains, it pours was Dad's favourite saying.
independent clause:
Today nothing went right; when it rains it pours.
Henry, your second sentence does not add a dependent clause, and your third sentence does not add an independent clause.
Jocelyn and Janet, adding a semi-colon avoids the challenge of adding an independent clause.
Janet, your first sentence is a fragment, and your second sentence makes the original clause into a subject, not a dependent clause.
This turned out to be a little trickier than I expected. Maybe because the original sentence is already a complex one.
Here are some examples:
Phrase: "During a monsoon, when it rains, it pours" or "As they say, when it rains, it pours".
Dependent clause: "Because this is a rain forest, when it rains, it pours" or "Although it has been a relatively dry year, when it rains, it pours".
Independent clause: "It doesn't rain often, but when it rains, it pours" or "This is a watershed, so when it rains, it pours".
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