I ate the ketchup, and she drank the motor oil; it was a disaster.
The sentence type that includes both a subordinate clause and an independent clause would be a complex sentence. You would need to insert a conjunction to separate the two clauses for the sentence to be grammatically correct.
No, a complex sentence contains one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses. A sentence containing two independent clauses is called a compound sentence.
You have described a "complex" sentence. - Simple sentence = An independent clause. - Compound sentence = Two independent clauses joined with a conjunction. - Complex sentence = An independent clause plus one or more dependent clauses.
In order to be "compound," a sentence must have more than one independent clause. So a sentence with 2 or more independent clauses is a compound sentence.
Simple sentence.
A simple sentence.
A complex sentence has an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses. A compound sentence has 2 or more independent clauses. A compound-complex sentence has two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.
The sentence type that includes both a subordinate clause and an independent clause would be a complex sentence. You would need to insert a conjunction to separate the two clauses for the sentence to be grammatically correct.
No, a complex sentence contains one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses. A sentence containing two independent clauses is called a compound sentence.
Compound sentence
One independent clause + dependent clause= complex sentence Two independent clauses = compound sentence Two or more independent clauses + two or more dependent clauses = compound-complex sentence
A blended sentence is a grammatically incorrect sentence that combines two independent clauses without proper punctuation or conjunction. It often occurs when someone accidentally merges two separate thoughts or phrases into one. For example, "I went to the store I bought milk," is a blended sentence because it combines two independent clauses without a proper connector.
You have described a "complex" sentence. - Simple sentence = An independent clause. - Compound sentence = Two independent clauses joined with a conjunction. - Complex sentence = An independent clause plus one or more dependent clauses.
A compound sentence. --Sunset Shew --May31,2012
Using a comma to join independent clauses that could stand alone as sentences
A sentence splice (alternately, comma splice) is when 2 independent clauses are joined by a comma. This is not grammatically correct. To fix a sentence splice, you can either change the comma to a semicolon, or you can add a coordinating conjunction after the comma (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so).
A comma splice consists of independent clauses separated by only a comma; a run-on sentence consists of independent clauses one directly following another, not separated by a conjunction or punctuation. Comma splice example: The flowers were pretty, I didn't pick them. Run-on sentence example: The flowers were pretty I didn't pick them.