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Practical English Grammar


complex sentences


A complex sentence has one main (or independent) clause and one (or
more) subordinate (or dependent) clauses.

In each sentence, the main clause is underlined, and the subordinate clause
is in italics.

After the storm subsided, we went out to inspect the grounds.
The ticket that you received in the mail is the right one.
You will be able to ride with us unless you would rather take the train.
If the trees shed their leaves during the next two weeks, I could use some
help with the raking
.

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Notes


Practical English Grammar - Notes
1. Italics Hyphens and Brackets
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2. compound subjects part two
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3. Quotation Marks Part Three
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4. complete and simple subjects
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5. Sound a like words Part Four
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6. Regular Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs
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7. Second Capitalization List
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8. irregular verbs part two
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9. the object of the preposition
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10. Active and passive voices
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11. the noun
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12. the noun clause
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13. complete and simple predicates
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14. The possessive case
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15. Irregular Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs
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16. agreement involving prepositional phrases
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17. the indirect object
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18. Confusing usage words part six
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19. the prepositional phrase
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20. Confusing usage words part three
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21. More Apostrophe Situations
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22. Quotation Marks Part Two
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23. the correlative conjunction
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24. the adverb
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25. Confusing usage words part seven
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26. the adjective phrase
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27. Sound alike words part one
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28. regular verb tenses
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29. the direct object
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30. Confusing usage words part four
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31. compound subject and compound predicate
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32. Transitive and intransitive verbs
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33. The verb be
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34. the adjective
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35. Periods Question Marks and Exclamation Marks
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36. The Semicolon
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37. More subject verb agreement situations
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38. subject and verb agreement
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39. the interjection
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40. the gerund and gerund phrase
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41. Confusing usage words part two
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42. Sound a like words Part Two
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43. Commas Part Three
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44. First Capitalization List
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45. types of sentences by purpose
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46. compound complex sentences
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47. pronouns and their antecedents
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48. types of nouns
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49. the pronoun
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50. the verb
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