ECC’s student union should be allowed to sell beer because this would create more revenue to support student activities. Are the claim and the reason both independent clauses?

No, only the claim is an independent clause while the dependent clause is a dependent clause.

Explanation:

Independent clauses are those clauses that complete thought and make a complete sentence. This means that it needs no dependent clause to make it into a complete sentence. On the other hand, a dependent clause requires an independent clause to form a complete sentence.

In the given statement, the reason, as well as claims, are given side to side, joined by a subordinating conjunction. This makes the sentence a complex sentence. And with the use of "because", the reason becomes a dependent clause.

(ECC’s student union should be allowed to sell beer) because this would create more revenue to support student activities.

Thus, the claim is an independent clause while the reason is a dependent clause.

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1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)