College Composition / Unit 2 CMP 0039 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Complex Sentences
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The idea
A complex sentence has one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.
In practice
In "Because the bus was late, the meeting started without us," the main idea sits in the independent clause, and the dependent clause gives the reason.
Where people slip
Put the idea you want readers to remember in the independent clause.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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