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2. Sentence clause structure - Wikipedia

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   A sentence consisting of at least one dependent clause and at least two independent clauses may be called a complex-compound sentence or compound-complex sentence. Sentence 1 is an example of a simple sentence. Sentence 2 is compound because "so" is considered a coordinating conjunction in English, and sentence 3 is complex.

3. English compound - Wikipedia

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   English compound modifiers are constructed in a very similar way to the compound noun. Blackboard Jungle , leftover ingredients , gunmetal sheen , and green monkey disease are only a few examples. A compound modifier is a sequence of modifiers of a noun that function as a single unit.

4. Dependent clause - Wikipedia

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   A sentence with two or more independent clauses plus (one or more) dependent clauses is referred to as a compound-complex sentence. (Every clause contains a subject and predicate.) Here are some English examples: My sister cried because she scraped her knee. (complex sentence) Subjects: My sister, she; Predicates: cried, scraped her knee

5. English grammar - Wikipedia

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   The first published English grammar was a Pamphlet for Grammar of 1586, written by William Bullokar with the stated goal of demonstrating that English was just as rule-based as Latin. Bullokar's grammar was faithfully modeled on William Lily's Latin grammar, Rudimenta Grammatices (1534), used in English schools at that time, having been ...

6. Sentence (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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   In linguistics and grammar, a sentence is a linguistic expression, such as the English example "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." In traditional grammar , it is typically defined as a string of words that expresses a complete thought, or as a unit consisting of a subject and predicate .

7. Sentence diagram - Wikipedia

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   Grammar Revolution—The English Grammar Exercise Page by Elizabeth O'Brien; GrammarBrain - Sentence Diagramming Rules; SenGram, an iPhone and iPad app that presents sentence diagrams as puzzles. Diagramming Sentences [dead link ‍], including many advanced configurations; SenDraw [dead link ‍], a computer program that specializes in Reed ...