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Structures of Sentences

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predicate
part of sentence with verb and all words governed by or modifying verb
subject
a noun, noun phrase, or noun substitute
sentence fragment
phrase or clause that cannot function as an independent sentence
run-on sentence
two or more main clauses not separated by a period or semicolon
prepositional phrase
preposition, its object and any modifiers of the object
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adjective phrase
group of words including an adjective and its complements or modifiers
independent clause/main clause
stand-alone clause; subject and predicate with finite verb
dependent clause/subordinate clause
clause that modifies the principal clause or serves a noun function
subordinating conjuction
conjunction introducing a subordinate clause, as in when or though
coordinating conjunction
conjunction connecting two grammatical elements of identical construction
compound subject
two or more subjects that act on the same noun
compound predicate
two or more predicates that have the same subject
simple sentence
a sentence having only one clause
compound sentence
sentence containing two or more coordinate independent clauses
complex sentence
sentence containing one or more dependent clauses along with main clause
declarative sentence
sentence that makes a declaration, such as "She went to school"
interrogative sentence
sentence that poses a question, such as "Did she go to school?"
imperative sentence
sentence that makes a demand, as in "Go to school"
exclamatory sentence
sentence that expresses surprise, strong emotion, as in "Oh no!"

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