ENGL 003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Dependent Clause, Independent Clause, Sentence Clause Structure
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A sentence is a good of words that usually contains a subject and a verb and expresses a complete idea or ideas . When written in english it begin with a capital letter and ends with a full stop , question mark or an exclamation mark . Thank you (= i thank you ) . Your name and address please . ( = give me ) Nora was very sad because she couldn"t pass her exam . Types of sentences (a) types of sentences according form : There are three types of sentences used in writing and speaking : the simple sentence which expresses one idea (thought) , the compound sentence which expresses two or more thoughts of equal value . 3. the complex sentence which expresses one independent and one or more dependent thoughts. The simple sentence expresses a complete thought . It usually contains a subject and a verb .
