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Clause

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A group of words with a subject-verb component.

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What type of sentence is this: 'It was the same sort of speaker that occupied a place in every dwelling, but one thing about it was different.'

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Compound.

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Coordinating Conjunctions

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FANBOYS (For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So).

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What type of sentence is this: 'His face scraped along jagged edges of ice and when he came, at last, to a stop, he lay shocked and still, feeling nothing at first but fear.'

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Compound-Complex.

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For, But, Nor

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Coordinating Conjunction.

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Simple Sentence

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A sentence that contains one independent clause and no dependent clauses.

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Complex Sentence

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A sentence that contains one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.

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Compound Sentence

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A sentence that contains at least two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction.

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Compound-Complex Sentence

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A sentence that contains at least two independent clauses and at least one dependent clause.

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What are the functions of Coordinating Conjunctions?

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They connect words, phrases, or independent clauses.