English 1104

What expresses the most important idea of the sentence

independent clause

What introduces adjective clauses

relative pronoun

What are two sentences written as one

run on sentence

What is the basis of all written and spoken language

sentence

What is a group of words that does not express a complete thought

sentence fragment

What is a sentence having one independent clause

simple sentence

What introduces adverb clauses

subordinating conjunction

introduce independent clauses

who, whom, whose, which, that, when, while, after, until, as, because, since, where, if, although, though, and unless.

? clauses cannot stand alone

dependent

If you find one ? clause, it will be complex.

dependent

Has two independent clauses. The clauses must be joined by a semicolon or by a comma and a coordinating conjunction. (e.g. "My dog growls at the mailman, but my cat growls at the dishwasher." "My dog growls at the mailman; my cat growls at the dishwasher.") Just look for the semicolon, or comma and coordinating conjunctions.

Compound Clause

And, but, for, nor, or, so, and yet

Coordinating conjunctions

And if it seem evil unto to you to serve the LORD , choose you this day whom ye will serve;whether the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood , or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house we will serve the Lord .

Joshua 24:15

? has one subject and one verb, it can also have a complex verb and complex subject.

Simple

Find ? clauses first.

Simple

What is two sentences joined by only a comma

comma splice

What is a sentence having one independent and one dependent clause

complex sentence

What sentence having two independent clauses

compound sentence

What expresses the least important idea of the sentence

dependent clause