25. How many independent clauses are in the following sentence? The new recruits were somewhat shocked by the sergeant's meanness, and some
even complained to the commanding officer, but nothing changed as a result of
these complaints.
A.1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4

Please help

C. 3

Explanation:

An independent clause is a group of words or clauses that completes a thought and can stand on its own as a complete meaningful sentence. This means that it needs no other clause or detail to complete it.

The given sentence is a compound sentence which means that the sentence contains independent clauses and is joined by coordinating conjunctions. The coordinating conjunctions (FANBOYS- for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) joins the independent clauses to make it into a compound sentence.

And in the given sentence, there are three independent clauses-

1. The new recruits were somewhat shocked by the sergeant's meanness

2. some even complained to the commanding officer

3. nothing changed as a result of these complaints.

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explanation:

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