Sentence structures: I know there are 4 kinds of sentence but I'm not sure...

[Jupiter]

Hi everybody :D

I know there are 4 kinds of sentence but I'm not sure about its structure, so could you please help me about this?

Please give me an example of each one?
Jupiter

[Mister Micawber]

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I suppose that you mean:

Declarative: I ate a squid.
Interrogative: Did you really?
Imperative: Eat this squid.
Exclamatory: I won't, I won't, I won't!
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[guest]

Hi MM

Thanks for your help, that's also interesting but i wanted to know something like simple sentence, compound sentence.. etc.
So could you help me again?

hope to get your help
jupiter

[Mister Micawber]

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Aha!--

Simple: I ate a squid.
Compound: I ate a squid and then I threw up.
Complex: I ate a squid that the chef had undercooked.
Compound-Complex: I ate a squid that the chef had undercooked, and then I threw up.
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[Jupiter]

Hi MM

Thanks again for your help. You didn't give me the sructure so I try to make it up

simple: independent clause
compound: main clause + conjunction + main clause.
complex: main clause + dependent clause.
compound-complex: complex sentence + conjunction + main clause.

Are they right? If not, please help me for the correct one

Jupiter

[Guest]

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Yes, you have the idea right, Jupiter. I'd write:

simple: single independent clause
compound: independent clause (+ coordinating conjunction) + independent clause.
complex: independent clause (+ subordinating conjunction) + dependent clause.
compound-complex: complex sentence (+ coordinating conjunction) + independent clause OR independent clause + independent clause + dependent clause (+ appropriate conjunctions.
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[Mister Micawber]

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Oops! Sorry, I forgot to log in, Jupiter. And of course the order of the clauses makes no difference.
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[Mark Bya]

Do you have to have a conjunction at the beginning of a Compound-complex sentence?
Or is that just for complex sentences?

[Mister Micawber]

At the beginning? 'No' for both.
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[Gkukreti]

MM where can I get a tutorial which could enumerate this briefly?

[James]

Is this a simple? "I ate a squid, throwing up."

[Mister Micawber]

That is not a good sentence, James. The nonfinite clause is not logically related to the main clause.

Gkukreti, if you do a Google search on the phrases ('simple sentence', 'compound s', 'complex s', 'compound-complex s') you will find plenty of explanation and examples.
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[James]

Thank you, Mr. Micawber, (I can't help recalling a novel). But how about this one, "I ate a squid, thereby throwing up."?

[James]

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