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independent clause |
a group of words with both a subject and a predicate that could stand alone as a complete sentence |
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dependent clause |
a group of words that may contain a subject or a predicate or both - but cannot stand alone as a complete sentence (does not express a complete thought) |
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prepositional phrase |
a group of words that begin with a preposition and end with a noun or pronoun; prepositional phrases are dependent clauses |
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subordinating conjuction |
a conjunction that introduces a subordinate (dependent) clause; i.e., although, because, until, whenever, etc. |
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simple sentence |
consists of just one independent clause |
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compound sentence |
consists of two or more independent clauses joined correctly with punctuation (semi-colon or a comma followed by a conjunction) |
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complex sentence |
consists of at least one independent clause and one dependent clause |
