Clauses and Sentence Structure

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Group of words expressing a concept used in a sentence?

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phrase

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Group of related words with a subject and verb?

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clause

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Group of words with a subject and verb that doesn't form a complete thought.

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dependent clause

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Group of words with one subject and one verb forming a complete thought.

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independent clause

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Type of sentence: single independent clause without dependent clauses?

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simple sentence

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Type of sentence with 2+ independent clauses joined by a conjunction.

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compound sentence

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Type of sentence with 1 independent clause & at least 1 dependent clause?

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complex sentence