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Sentence structures Sun Jan 15, 2006 5:47 am  Sentence structures
 

Hi everybody Very Happy

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?
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Sentence structures Tue Jan 17, 2006 9:02 am  Sentence structures
 

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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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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
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Sentence structures Tue Jan 17, 2006 15:18 pm  Sentence structures
 

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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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Thanks Wed Jan 18, 2006 4:21 am  Thanks
 

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

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Sentence structures Wed Jan 18, 2006 14:47 pm  Sentence structures
 

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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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Sentence structures Wed Jan 18, 2006 14:49 pm  Sentence structures
 

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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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