Since the first Powerball draw on Friday 23 October, 2009 Powerball has handed out the biggest lottery jackpots in South African lottery history, beating the older Lotto and Lotto Plus lotteries.
(The independent clauses are in blue. This sentence contains no dependent clauses) Sometimes a compound sentence contains more than two independent clauses. Example: I love conjunctive adverbs; my students love each other, and we all love holidays. Sometimes longer linking words can be used. Example: I can name several conjunctive adverbs; consequently, my friends are impressed. Definition A complex sentence is a sentence that contains one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses. Example: Because life is complex, we need complex sentences. (The independent clause is in blue.
Since a dependent clause cannot stand on its own as a sentence, complex sentences must also have at least one independent clause. A sentence with two or more independent clauses plus one or more dependent clauses is called compound-complex or complex-compound. In addition to a subject and a verb, dependent clauses contain a subordinating conjunction or similar word.