Types of Independent Clauses?

Question

I am curious if anyone is aware of a list of different types or categories of independent clauses. By comparison, there are four types of sentences (simple, compound, complex, and compounds complex), and many types of subordinate clauses (comparative clauses, that-clauses, contact clauses, etc.). However, I haven't been able to find a breakdown of different types of independent clause. I'm especially interested in a categorization by structure. For example, some sentences have compound subjects, others have compound predicates, others have the verbs omitted, etc. I have tried on my own, but I fear I'm reinventing the wheel. Your help is certainly appreciated.

Answer 1

To the best of my knowledge, an independent clause is simply a clause that can stand as a sentence on its own because it contains both a subject and a predicate (although an imperative sentence omits the subject, it's implied).