Sentence Structure
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| independent clause | contains both a subject and a verb and can stand alone as a sentence
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| dependent clause | contains both a subject and a verb but cannot stand alone because it has a subordinator at the beginning
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| subordinating conjunction | a word at the beginning of a clause that makes it dependent
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| simple sentence | contains one independent clause
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| compound sentence | contains two independent clauses with a comma and a conjunction to separate them
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| coordinating conjunction ( FANBOYS) | connecting words for two simple sentences forming a compound sentence
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| run-on sentence | two complete thoughts joined together without proper punctuation or a conjunction
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| comma splice | when two or more complete thoughts are joined by a comma without a conjunction
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| complex sentence | contains an independent clause and a dependent clause
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| appositive | a noun or noun phrase the renames another noun right beside it separated by commas
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| preposition | a word that shows relationship between a noun or pronoun and some other word in the sentence
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| prepositional phrase | includes a preposition, its object, and any modifiers
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