a sentence must have one a sentence may consist only of one clause (all the sentence examples above are one clause long) Co-ordinated clauses: a sentence may consist of two main clauses that make sense on their own, linked by a conjunction – this is a compound sentence. Two separate sentences combine into one compound sentence: sentence and main clause sentence and main clause Just deliverer The results of the experiment were recorded. The data was put in a spreadsheet. The results of the experiment were recorded and the data was put in a spreadsheet. one main clause conjunction one main clause There are many words that can be used as conjunctions including ‘or’, ‘but’, and ‘so’. Other clauses: a sentence may consist of a main clause and one or more other clauses which would not make sense on their own; they may follow one another or one may be within another – this is a complex sentence. One sentence which is a main clause and one other non-main clause combine into a complex sentence: sentence and one main clause The results of the experiment were recorded. non–main clause that more sugar can be dissolved in water the higher the temperature of the liquid start of original sentence start of non-main clause The results of the experiment, that more sugar can be dissolved in water the higher the temperature of the liquid, were recorded.
a sentence must have one a sentence may consist only of one clause (all the sentence examples above are one clause long) Co-ordinated clauses: a sentence may consist of two main clauses that make sense on their own, linked by a conjunction – this is a compound sentence. Two separate sentences combine into one compound sentence: sentence and main clause sentence and main clause Just deliverer The results of the experiment were recorded. The data was put in a spreadsheet. The results of the experiment were recorded and the data was put in a spreadsheet. one main clause conjunction one main clause There are many words that can be used as conjunctions including ‘or’, ‘but’, and ‘so’. Other clauses: a sentence may consist of a main clause and one or more other clauses which would not make sense on their own; they may follow one another or one may be within another – this is a complex sentence. One sentence which is a main clause and one other non-main clause combine into a complex sentence: sentence and one main clause The results of the experiment were recorded. non–main clause that more sugar can be dissolved in water the higher the temperature of the liquid start of original sentence start of non-main clause The results of the experiment, that more sugar can be dissolved in water the higher the temperature of the liquid, were recorded.
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