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What is a sentence?

YANNETH CRISTINA MONTERO LONDOÑO

Created on October 18, 2022

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What is a sentence?

Simple sentences

have one subject-verb pair

Oxford Dictionary defines it as a set of words that expresses a complete thought, typically containing a subject and predicate, conveying a statement, question, exclamation, or command, and consisting of a main clause and sometimes one or more subordinate clauses.

A compound sentence

sentence is made up of two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, or so) and a comma or by a semicolon alone.

A complex sentence

combines a dependent clause with an independent clause

A compound-complex sentence

is comprised of at least two independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.

Other ways to analyze a sentence

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