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Which part of the following sentence is a dependent clause? Whenever the sky is overcast, I fear a thunderstorm is coming.

A) Whenever the sky is overcast
B) The sky is overcast
C) I fear a thundestorm is coming
D) I fear a thunderstorm

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I’m pretty sure the other answer is wrong.
Divide the sentence into two parts: 1) Whenever the sky is overcast & 2) I fear a thunderstorm is coming. The dependent clause is the one that cannot stand alone; it has to be with the independent clause. Therefore, the answer would be A.
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Answer:

B

Step-by-step explanation:

The reason is because the sky overcast system is to go into the sky and try to figure out the wheater which would be a dependent clause in this situation please let my know if im wrong :) hope it helps

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