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Too many simple sentences, for example, will make your writing sound choppy and immature while too many long sentences will make your writing difficult to read and hard to understand. This handout explains three different types of sentences: simple, compound, and complex.
When you write, you should use a combination of simple, compound, and complex sentences. A simple sentence has one or more subjects and one or more verbs. It has only one independent clause and expresses only one complete idea. Both of the following simple sentences have one independent clause, but the number of subjects and verbs varies.
compound-complex Books 4, 5, and 6 of Mastering English Grammar take us on a journey through these four sentence types. In Book 4 we study subjects and verbs and, by doing so, we establish our understanding of the simple sentence. In Book 5 we study the compound sentence.
COMPOUND SENTENCES Welcome to Book 5: Compound Sentences, a book that teaches four simple ways to join two sentences together. Here is one common way to categorize sentences: 1. simple 2. compound 3. complex 4. compound-complex This e-book is a study of the second of the four sentence types—the compound sentence.
The compound-complex sentence combines elements of compound and complex sentences. It is the most sophisticated type of sentence you can use. Understanding how to construct the compound-complex sentence will help you take your writing to a new level of complexity.
Functions of Compound, Complex, and Compound-Complex Sentences. Compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences can serve similar purposes. The writer can tailor the amount of information he or she provides by adding independent and dependent clauses to simple sentences. To combine similar ideas.
A complex sentence contains only one main clause and one or more subordinate clauses. A compound-complex sentence contains two or more main clauses and one or more subordinate clauses. In the spaces provided, identify the following sentences as simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex.
