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Title: Ah


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Ah the marvelous, magnificent
  • Complex sentence.
  • Oh, wow! Two clauses.
  • You bet cha
  • and away we go!

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Since God said,
  • let man have language, we have this incredible
    thing called speech, complete with complex
    sentences.

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Since it is a complex sen-tence, it has two
clauses.
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One is independent it can stand all by itself
and be a sentence color it green for go
  • The other is dependentor subordinate. It must
    be hooked to the independent clause color it red
    for stopcant be alone.

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Here is a color coded example.
  • Because we are in school,

we keep our stuff in a locker.
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The green is like an adult it is able to stand
by itself and be inde-pendent kids may find
adults to be too calm, too settled, a bit boring.
  • The dependent (subordinate) clause is in red
    because it can not stand alone or be independent.
    It must be hooked up with a family at least to
    one adultI mean independent clause.

Everyone knows that kids or dependents are always
on the go, seeking action, making things
exciting. Subordination is exciting.
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Anything in front of the subject of the main
sentence , is set off with a , .
  • Because it is Friday, we, Bovas students, will
    scream.
  • We will scream because it is Friday.
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