Which of the following sentences contains a dependent clause?

A. My mother, who never wastes anything, rinsed and saved the take - out boxes.

B. We were running late, and we had to skip stopping by the post office.

C. I had never been to New York before this spring

D. You should take an umbrella to the game.

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Godiva

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19 September, 22:24

Which of the following sentences contains a dependent clause?

A. My mother, who never wastes anything, rinsed and saved the take - out boxes.

B. We were running late, and we had to skip stopping by the post office.

C. I had never been to New York before this spring

D. You should take an umbrella to the game.

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The sentence that contains a dependent clause is (C) I had never been to New York before this spring.

A dependent clause is called dependent because it cannot stand alone in a sentence

Explanation:

A dependent clause can be defined as a group of words that contains a subject and a verb, but it is not a complete sentence and cannoyt stand alone as a complete sentence.

A dependent Clause is dependent on an independent clause to become a sentence.

A dependent clause can be identified in a sentence by using dependent markers : after, as, although, because, before, even though, if, once, rather than, since, that, though, unless, until, when, whenever, whereas, while, among others.

In the above question the sentence (C) I had never been to New York before this spring consist of a dependent marker (i. e before) so it is a dependent clause