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Read the passage then, like fluffy bits of cotton candy, the pink clouds floated away until they disappeared from view when they passed the horizon. which section of the sentence is an independent clause?

a. like fluffy bits of cotton candy
b.the pink clouds floated away
c. until they disappeared from view
d.when they passed the horizon

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B. The pink clouds floated away.

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The part of the above sentence the is an independent clause is "the pink clouds floated away". The independent clause is a gathering of words that contains a subject and verb yet does not express an entire thought. A reliant proviso can't be a sentence.
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