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Is the underlined clause independent or subordinate? A man whose name was Rip Van Winkle once lived near the Catskill Mountains. A. independent B. subordinate

I think its b

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If 'whose name was Rip Van Winkle' is underlined, then this is B, a subordinate clause, meaning that it cannot exist outside the main clause, because it is dependent, incomplete. 
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