Compound-Complex
SentencesCompound-Complex
SentencesThis section describes English compound-complex sentences.
A compound-complex sentence contains coordinate and subordinate clauses:
When the door opened, a fox slipped through a hole in the floor and the chickens gave a cluck of relief.
The coordinate clauses are "a fox slipped through a hole in the floor" and "the chickens gave a cluck of relief".
The word 'and' is a coordinating conjunction.
The subordinate clause is "When the door opened".
The word 'when' is a subordinating conjunction.
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