- compound clause
- clause consisting of two simple clauses (Grammar)
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
compound clause
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compound-complex sentence — /kom pownd kom pleks/ a sentence having two or more coordinate independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses, as The lightning flashed (independent clause) and the rain fell (independent clause) as he entered the house (dependent clause) … Universalium
compound sentence — a sentence containing two or more coordinate independent clauses, usually joined by one or more conjunctions, but no dependent clause, as The lightning flashed (independent clause) and (conjunction) the rain fell (independent clause). [1765 75] * … Universalium
compound sentence — com′pound sen′tence n. gram. a sentence containing two or more coordinate independent clauses, usu. joined by one or more conjunctions, but no dependent clause, as The lightning flashed (independent clause) and (conjunction) the rain fell… … From formal English to slang
compound-complex sentence — com′pound com′plex sen′tence n. gram. a sentence having two or more coordinate independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses, as The lightning flashed (independent clause) and the rain fell (independent clause) as he entered the house… … From formal English to slang
compound-complex sentence — /kom pownd kom pleks/ a sentence having two or more coordinate independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses, as The lightning flashed (independent clause) and the rain fell (independent clause) as he entered the house (dependent clause) … Useful english dictionary
