Understanding Sentence Structure

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Subject

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Who or what the sentence is about

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Predicate

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Tells what the subject does

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Simple sentence

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One subject, one predicate

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Compound sentence

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Two simple sentences joined by a conjunction

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Conjunction

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Words like "and," "but," "or"

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Complex sentence

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One independent clause, one dependent clause

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Independent clause

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Can stand alone as a sentence

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Dependent clause

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Cannot stand alone, needs more information

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Sentence fragment

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Incomplete sentence

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Run-on sentence

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Two or more sentences joined incorrectly