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And finally: what are compound-complex sentences?

April 26, 2011May 2, 2017 Lucy CrippsLeave a Comment on And finally: what are compound-complex sentences?

Well, these little munchkins are the final hoorah for sentence structures. Something of a curtain call: everything comes out to […]

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What are complex sentences?

April 22, 2011May 2, 2017 Lucy Cripps1 Comment on What are complex sentences?

Complex sentences have one independent clause and one (or more) dependent clause(s). The reason we have complex sentences is to […]

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What are simple sentences?

April 11, 2011May 2, 2017 Lucy CrippsLeave a Comment on What are simple sentences?

A simple sentence isn’t necessarily as simple as it sounds – it doesn’t have to be short, nor does it […]

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Clauses

April 4, 2011May 2, 2017 Lucy CrippsLeave a Comment on Clauses

Let’s go reeeaaalllly slowly. First off: all (proper!) sentences need at least one clause. What on earth is a clause? […]

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