Wednesday, May 22, 2013 The Rules of Writing-Syntax-The
Sentence-Compound Comples Sentences By OFW chief editor: Carlos
J Cortes And Renée Miller Published: June 18, 2013 The fourth
and final sentence structure is the compound-complex sentence.
Now that we have an idea of the other sentence types, the
forbidding “Compound-Complex” title shouldn’t cause much
trepidation. Just as two or more simple sentences formed
compound ones, compound-complex sentences are nothing more than
combinations of one or more compound sentences and one or more
complex sentences. A more precise definition would be: Sentences
with at least one dependent clause and two or more independent
clauses are compound-complex. Sonia went to the beach because
she wanted to get a tan, but she forgot the cream. Here we have
an independent clause: Sonia went to the beach Followed by a
dependent one: Because she wanted to get a tan Together, they
form a complex sentence: Sonia went to the beach because she
wanted to get a tan. If we append the inde