Ruby Jones on Nostr: It helps to understand what an independent clause is. I think if you only describe ...

It helps to understand what an independent clause is. I think if you only describe them as 'two thoughts that are more closely related than separate senses would suggest' you make it sound like a mysterious art when it's not. You need a subject, verb, and object for an independent clause. If it's not independent, you're looking for a comma, UNLESS you're writing a list complicated by sub-clauses, in which case a semi-colon demarks the end of a list item.