birgit33
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"Mary likes to go out at night, but John likes to stay at home." Are there two independent clauses in this sentence, or one independent and one dependent clause connected by the coordinating conjunction "but"?
And what if we use a subordinating conjunction "whereas"? "Mary likes to go out at night, whereas John likes to stay at home." Now there's one independent clause "Mary likes to go out at night" and one dependent clause "whereas John likes to stay at home". Correct?
And what if we use a subordinating conjunction "whereas"? "Mary likes to go out at night, whereas John likes to stay at home." Now there's one independent clause "Mary likes to go out at night" and one dependent clause "whereas John likes to stay at home". Correct?