简单句|类型|English Grammar Sentence Patterns - What you need to know 18:54 简单句|复合句|Simple and Compound Sentences with FANBOYS 09:35 复杂句|Complex Sentences|Sentence Structure with Subordinating Conjunctions 10:12 Compound-Complex Sentences in English Sentence Structure Types with Examples...
There are different kinds of sentences that writers can employ in their writings. For example, in addition to complex sentences, there are simple, compound, and complex-compound sentences in the English language. A simple sentence is a sentence that contains one subject, one verb, and a ...
Shelley has taught at the middle school level for 10 years and has a master's degree in teaching English.Cite this lesson Learn about complex sentences and how to construct them. Discover the parts of a complex sentence, including an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses. Final...
In english, a compound-complex sentence contains a combination of two types of sentence structures: a compound and a complex sentence. Compound sentences combine two independent clauses, a type of clause that completes a full thought. Compound sentences connect with the use of a coordinatin...
Examples of Complex Sentences Stay in the bathuntil the phone rings. Both the cockroach and the bird would get along very well without us, although the cockroach would miss us most. (Joseph Wood Krutch, 1893-1970) Leavewhile you can. ...
In conditional sentences, one clause is true only if both clauses are true. “If you’re always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.”—Maya Angelou Independent vs. dependent clauses: What’s the difference? The key to using complex sentences is understanding ...
A compound-complex sentence has at least two independent clauses and at least one dependent clause. For example: I stopped believing in Santa Claus when he asked for my autograph in a department store, but I still want to believe in him. Why Compound Sentences Are Important There are two...
Peter works in this factory. This city has three lakes. In each of the above sentences, there is a subject (person/place/thing) about which something is being said. The subject is highlighted in red. Also, the subject is doing something. The receiver of the action is called the object....
In traditional grammar, the four basic types of sentence structures are the simple sentence, the compound sentence, the complex sentence, and the compound-complex sentence. The most common word order in English sentences isSubject-Verb-Object (SVO). When reading a sentence, we generally expect th...
"Interestingly, aninterrogativemain clausecan be co-ordinated with adeclarativemain clause, as we see from sentences like (50) below: (50) [I am feeling thirsty], but [should I save my last Coke till later]? In (50) we have two (bracketed) main clauses joined together by the co-ordi...