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Is the underlined clause independent or subordinate? ("My sister writes poetry" is the underlined word)

My sister writes poetry so that she can explore her thoughts and experiment with language.

A.
independent

B.
subordinate

User Ilasno
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"My sister writes poetry" is an independent clause bc it could stand alone as a sentence, but "so that she can explore her thoughts and experiment with language'' cannot
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