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A sentence with once complete subject and one complete predicate.
Subject: whom or what
Predicate: what the subject does or has/ or is like.
The Cincinnati Reds played their first baseball game in 1869. |
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| A sentence that contains 2+ simple sentences. Each simple sentence is called a main clause. |
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A group of words that has a subject and a predicate but does not express a complete thought and cannot stand alone as a sentence. It is always combined with a main clause. (Look for the comma)
Many basketball fans visit Springfield, Massachusetts, which was the birthplace if basketball.
** Starts with a key word (subordinating conjunction) |
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A sentence that has a main clause and one or more *subordinate clauses*.
Basketball has increased in popularity *since it began in Springfield*. |
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