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Two important ways to classify sentences are structure and use.

Structure is taught to show how sentences are written. The kinds of sentences as defined by use are simply a way to classify them, to understand how each is employed.

The 4 types of sentences according to structure:

SIMPLE Sentence - conveys one complete idea or thought.

COMPOUND Sentence - more than one thought, consisting of independent clauses, either of which could stand alone as a sentence, joined by a conjunction such as and, or, but, because.

COMPLEX Sentence - has a thought expressed as one independent, with one or more dependent clauses.

COMPOUND-COMPLEX Sentence - a complex sentence that also has a second independent clause.

The 4 kinds of sentence according to usage:

DECLARATIVE - statement (ends with period)

example: The car is green.

INTERROGATIVE - question (ends with question mark)

example: Are you hungry?

IMPERATIVE - command (may end with either a period or exclamation mark)

example: Eat your vegetables.

EXCLAMATORY - express strong feeling (normally ends with an exclamation point)

example: Oops! What a mess! Sorry.

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