Complex-compound sentence
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In syntax, a sentence with at least two independent clauses and one or more dependent clause is referred to as a complex-compound sentence. Sometimes also called a compound-complex sentence.
Examples
When I saw him, he looked bad because he was sick.- He looked bad.
- When I saw him
- because he was sick
The dog lived in the backyard, but the cat, who thought she was superior, lived inside the house.
- The dog lived in the backyard.
- The cat lived inside the house.
- who thought she was superior
Though the movie had been tested on the market, The Last Shadow did not fare well in the United States, but it did develop a huge following in Europe which usually does not go for this movie genre.
- The Last Shadow did not fare well in the United States.
- It did develop a huge following in Europe.
- though the movie had been tested on the market
- which usually does not go for this movie genre
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