| Grammar Dictionary: complex sentence |
A sentence that contains one main clause or independent clause and at least one subordinate clause or dependent clause: “Although I am tired (subordinate clause), I want to go to the midnight movie (main clause).” (See subordination; compare compound sentence, compound-complex sentence, and simple sentence.)
| WordNet: complex sentence |
The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
a sentence composed of at least one main clause and one subordinate clause
| Wikipedia: Complex sentence |
A complex sentence is a sentence with at least one dependent clause (subordinating clause). The dependent clause is introduced by either a subordinate conjunction such as although or because, or a relative pronoun such as who or which.
I ate the meal is an independent clause and that you cooked is a relative clause.
Both clauses are independent. Therefore, this is a compound sentence but not a complex sentence.
This is a complex-compound sentence with two independent clauses (The dog that you gave me barked at me and The dog that you gave me bit my hand) and one dependent clause (that you gave me).
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