I understand independent clauses, and how there are certain markers such as however, therefore, consequently which can denote an independent clause. The common example of use is when one of them follows a semi-colon and is follwed by a comma, followed in turn by an independent clause. That is all good. My question is are they only 'markers' when in the initial position, or are they still such when used elsewhere in a sentence? For example:
a) The bus was late; consequently, many people missed their appointments.
b) The bus was late. Many people, consequently, missed their appointments.
Is the consequently in the second example able to be viewed as an independent marker? This is possibly not a great example but hopefully will give you the idea behind my question.
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