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[daisy1352]

I left the cinema because the film was bad.
Is because the film was bad a dependent or an independent clause?
Thanks

 

[2006]

I left the cinema because the film was bad.
Is "because the film was bad" a dependent or an independent clause? :tick:
Thanks

It's a dependent clause. It cannot stand as a complete sentence by itself; it depends on "I left the cinema" for its meaning.