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SENTENCES
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A sentence is a group of words that must meet three requirements.
1. It must have a subject. 2. It must have a finite verb. 3. It must express a complete thought.
TYPES OF SENTENCES
• Simple Sentence : One Independent Clause I hate the SAT.
• Compound Sentence : Two (or more) Independent Clauses I hate the SAT, but I also understand its value.
• Complex Sentence : One (or more) Dependent Clause + One Independent Clause Although I hate the SAT, I understand its value. I understand the value of the SAT, though I still hate it. • Compound-Complex Sentence : One (or more) Dependent Clause + Two (or more) Independent Clauses Although I hate the SAT, I understand its value, and I will exploit it to my advantage. • Crazy-Convoluted-Compound-Complex Sentence 94 : One (or more) Dependent Clause + Two (or more) Independent Clauses + Modifying Phrases Although I am someone who finds standardized testing tedious and uninspiring and hates the SAT with an ardor like none other, I grudgingly understand its value as a tool for college admissions and, in my own uniquely strategic way, I will exploit it to my advantage. What these sentences are called is unimportant. What is important is to realize that, despite a sentence’s complexity, it will have a clear beginning and end. Your job is to find them. For example: Though Bill Bradley was born in Missouri, many of his successes were in or for New York and New Jersey he has seen success both on the hard floor and the Senate floor he originally gained fame as a basketball player, winning two NBA championships with the New York Knicks and a gold medal at the 1964 Olympics although he retired from basketball in 1977, he quickly transitioned to politics, serving as a senator from New Jersey from 1979 to 1997 and even running for the Democratic nomination for President in 2000.
The vertical lines here are boundaries : these boundaries indicate either the beginning or ending of a sentence—or both.
94 Just kidding (although any type of sentence can include modifiers).
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