Hi,
It's not two independent clauses .
Subject - The villagers
Verb - leave
Objects in parallel - to hike ... and to return .
Modifier : 'dangerous trails to the forests' is modifying 'hike six miles up steep' , describing how the path is.
9) The villagers leave their homes at the stroke of dawn to hike six miles upsteep, dangerous trails to the forests, to be returning by late afternoon with huge loads of firewood on their backs.
(D) forests and return by late afternoon
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It's not two independent clauses .
Subject - The villagers
Verb - leave
Objects in parallel - to hike ... and to return .
Modifier : 'dangerous trails to the forests' is modifying 'hike six miles up steep' , describing how the path is.
9) The villagers leave their homes at the stroke of dawn to hike six miles upsteep, dangerous trails to the forests, to be returning by late afternoon with huge loads of firewood on their backs.
(D) forests and return by late afternoon
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