ELIH 102- writing strand- CHAPTER 9 Types of Sentences

There are two kinds of clauses: independent and dependent.

 Academic writers combine these kinds of clauses to write a variety of sentence types.

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A dependent clause contains a subject and a verb, and Often a complement. It expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence.

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Aa independent clause is formed with a subordinator, such as when, if, that, or who. It also has a subject, a verb, and sometimes a complement. It does not express a complete thought and cannot stand alone as a sentence.

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We can use a dependent clause as a complete sentence.

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A sentence is a group of words that you use to communicate your ideas. Every sentence is formed from one or more clauses and expresses a complete thought.

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The four basic kinds of sentences in English are simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex.

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A simple sentence has two independent clauses.

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A compound sentence is two or more independent clauses joined together.

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There are seven coordinators, which are also called coordinating conjunctions. FAN BOYS (For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So).

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Several transition signals, such as on the other hand, as a result, and for example, act like conjunctive adverbs; they can also connect independent clauses with a semicolon and a comma.

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