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Simple, Compound, Complex, and Compound-Complex Sentences: English Sentence Forms Manik Joshi

Sentence Forms in English Language - Simple Sentence, Compound Sentence, Complex Sentence, Compound-Complex Sentence | Phrases and Clauses | Independent or Principal Clause (Main Clause), Dependent or Subordinate Clause | List Of Important Coordinators for Compound Sentences | List of Important subordinators for Complex Sentences | Double and Multiple Sentences | Definition and Examples of Simple, Compound and Complex sentences

Sentence Forms - Comparison

Simple sentence -
One independent clause

Compound sentence -
Two or more independent clauses

Complex sentence -
One independent clause and one or more dependent (subordinate) clauses

Compound-Complex sentence (Mixed Sentence) -
Two or more independent clauses and at least one dependent (subordinate) clause