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complex sentence

DEFINITIONS OF: complex sentence

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n a sentence composed of at least one main clause and one subordinate clause

Types:
loose sentence
a complex sentence in which the main clause comes first and the subordinate clause follows
periodic sentence
a complex sentence in which the main clause comes last and is preceded by the subordinate clause
Type of:
sentence
a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language
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