Given a purely non-atomic, finite measure space $$(\Omega ,\Sigma ,\nu )$$
(
Ω
,
Σ
,
ν
)
, it is proved that for every closed, infinite-dimensional subspace V of $$L_p(\nu )$$
L
p
(
ν
)
($$1\le p<\infty $$
1
≤
p
<
∞
) there exists a decomposition $$L_p(\nu )=X_1\oplus X_2$$
L
p
(
ν
)
=
X
1
⊕
X
2
, such that both subspaces $$X_1$$
X
1
and $$X_2$$
X
2
are isomorphic to $$L_p(\nu )$$
L
p
(
ν
)
and both $$V\cap X_1$$
V
∩
X
1
and $$V\cap X_2$$
V
∩
X
2
are infinite-dimensional. Some consequences concerning dense, non-closed range operators on $$L_1$$
L
1
are derived.