Read the sentence.A hedge of rosemary and lavender surrounded the herb garden.

The word “and” joins the two nouns “rosemary” and “lavender,” so it is a coordinating conjunction. The sentence has a subject (“A hedge of rosemary and lavender”) and a complete predicate (“surrounded the herb garden”), making it an independent clause. Therefore, the correct choice is “a coordinating conjunction and an independent clause.”

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