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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

2. Quotation Marks Part Three

3. compound subjects part two

4. Sound a like words Part Four

5. Second Capitalization List

6. Confusing usage words part six

7. Regular Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs

8. the noun

9. complete and simple subjects

10. the adverb

11. the object of the preposition

12. Confusing usage words part three

13. More Apostrophe Situations

14. the indirect object

15. irregular verbs part two

16. the noun clause

17. Irregular Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs

18. agreement involving prepositional phrases

19. the prepositional phrase

20. The possessive case

21. Confusing usage words part two

22. Quotation Marks Part Two

23. the adjective phrase

24. the verb

25. complex sentences

26. the subordinating conjunction

27. The Colon

28. The possessive case

29. agreement between indefinite pronouns and their antecedents

30. subject verb agreement situations

31. types of sentences by purpose

32. the preposition

33. complete and simple predicates

34. The nominative case

35. the adverb clause

36. Confusing usage words part seven

37. Active and passive voices

38. Using Capital Letters

39. The verb be

40. subject and verb agreement

41. the direct object

42. Confusing usage words part three

43. Periods Question Marks and Exclamation Marks

44. The Semicolon

45. More subject verb agreement situations

46. regular verb tenses

47. the correlative conjunction

48. compound subject and compound predicate

49. reflexive demonstrative and interrogative pronouns

50. the adjective