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Sentence clause structure

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In grammar, clause structure refers to the classification of sentences based on the number and kind of clauses in their syntactic structure. Such division is an element of traditional grammar.A simple sentence consists of only one clause. A compound sentence consists of two or more independent clauses. A complex sentence has at least one independent clause plus at least one dependent clause.A sentence consisting of one or more dependent clauses plus two or more 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, while sentence 3 is complex. Sentence 4 is compound-complex (also known as complex-compound).I like pumpkin pie.I don't know how to bake, so I buy my sweets.I enjoyed the apple pie that you bought for me.The dog lived in the garden, but the cat, which was smarter, lived inside the house.The simple sentence in example 1 contains one clause. Example two has two clauses (I don't know how to bake and I buy my sweets), combined into a single sentence with the coordinating conjunction so. In example 3, I enjoyed the apple pie is an independent clause, and that you bought for me is a dependent clause; the sentence is thus complex. In sentence 4, The dog lived in the garden and the cat lived inside the house are both independent clauses; which was smarter is a dependent clause.

English Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentence_clause_structure

Spanish wikipedia http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oraci?n_compuesta

Wiki page external link http://englishpost.org/2012/06/19/complex-sentences/ http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/573/02/