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WHAT IS COMPLEX SENTANCE?

A complex sentence is a sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause. A complex sentence is often used to make clear which ideas are most important, and which ideas are subordinate.
Example :-
  1. "I enjoyed the apple pie that you bought for me." Here, "I enjoyed the apple pie" is an independent clause and "that you bought for me" is a relative clause. The independent clause could stand alone as a simple sentence without the relative clause.

  2. "I was scared, but I didn't run away." Both of these clauses are independent in this compound sentence.


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