I would like for someone to double-check my answer. I think the underlined portion of the sentence is an independent clause. I don’t think it’s noun clause because it can stand alone, and a noun clause can’t. I would like an explanation.

Why are reading and writing necessary in today’s world

Which sentence contains a participial phrase that is placed correctly? -jose paid for a hamburger scanning the cafeteria for an empty seat -peeling off her winter jacket, sierra settled into the cozy armchair. -made of soft wool, nadia pulled on a blue sweater -the cowboy jumped from the horse laughing in the face of danger

Which one of these lines use him to permitte which one of these lines uses iambic pentameter?