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As Sam imitated my favorite comedian, I forgot my assignment.
The dependent clause starts with "as."
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About 3000 different languages are spoken in the world.
1 All we have is one IC, "languages are spoken."
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English is spoken in more countries than any other language.
This sentence has only one IC.
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More people speak Chinese (Mandarin) than any other language.
Just one subject-verb-object here -- "people speak Chinese."
s
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People on the average speak 4000 words per day.
Just one IC includes: "people speak words."
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The shortest word is "a" and the most often spoken is "I."
We have two IC's -- "word is" and "spoken is."
cp
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The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick.
This difficult tongue twister has one IC -- sheep's sick.
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Having more than any other language, English has 490,000 words.
"Having more than any other language" is only a phrase.
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When elephants battle, it is the grass that suffers.
There are actually three clauses here.
cx
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A lazy man works twice.
I can't believe you missed this one.
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Chasing after the fire truck causes traffic problems.
"Chasing after the fire truck" is a noun phrase.
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The teeth often bite the tongue and yet they stay together.
The two IC's, "teeth bite" and "they stay," are joined by
"and." cp
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A handful of friends is better than a wagon of gold.
The sentence includes only one IC: "handful is better than
wagon." s
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A fool and his money are soon parted.
We have a compound subject but only one verb.
s
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You should live and you should let others live also.
There are two IC's and one DC.
cp-cx
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The ripest fruit will not fall into your mouth so learn to pick it.
The clauses are "fruit will fall" and "so (you) learn."
cp
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As you make your bed, you must lie in it.
The DC is "as you make your bed."
cx
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If you need a friend, you will likely be a good friend.
The DC is "if you need a friend."
cx
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Keep your mouth closed and you will swallow no flies.
We have two IC's here -- "(you) keep" and "you will swallow."
cp
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A euphemism is a pleasant expression for an unpleasant one.
"for an unpleasant one" is just a phrase.
s
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Wanting to get high grades caused Susan to study frequently.
You have a couple of phrases here but just one clause.
s
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A portmanteau word is one which is made from two.
The DC here is "which is made from two."
cx
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I will be yours until Niagara falls.
In this case "Niagara falls" is a DC. "Falls" here is a verb.
cx
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If you do what you should, you will hear what you should not.
This sentence has four clauses. Can you see them?
cx
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Don't throw stones at your neighbors if your windows are glass.
We have first an IC and then a DC. It's cx.
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The men are weatherwise and the women are otherwise.
Notice the coordinate conjunction "and" which joins two IC's.
cp
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Fish and visitors stink in three days.
We have a compound subject "fish and visitors." It's s.
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The best all-time selling record is White Christmas by Crosby.
The subject and verb are "record is." It's s.
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When he was 13, Stevie Wonder had a hit record, Fingertips.
The DC is "when he was 13." It's cx
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When he was 64, Louis Armstrong had a hit, Hello Dolly.
The DC is "when he was 64." It's cx.
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Conrad was a Polish writer who learned to write in English.
"Who learned to write in English" is a DC. It's cx.
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A mile is 1760 yards but a marathon race is 26 miles, 385 yards.
The word "but" joins two IC's. Therefore, it is cp.
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When he wrote Absalom, Absalom, Faulkner created long sentences.
"When he wrote Absalom Absalom" is the DC. Sorry it's cx.
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Honey is a predigested food that gives quick energy.
"That gives quick energy" is a DC. It's cx.
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I will be yours until the kitchen sinks.
In this case "kitchen sinks" is a DC. Cx.
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Chew parsley which contains a breath freshener called chlorophyll.
"Which contains a breath freshener called chlorophyll" is a DC.
cx
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Popcorn adds roughage to our diet so it aids our digestion.
"so it aids our digestion" is an IC. Cp. We have two IC's.
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Popcorn cleans and massages the gums and teeth.
We have compound verbs and compound objects but not compound
clauses. s
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Water is the best thirst quencher you can find and it's cheap.
The clauses include "water is," "you can find," and "it's
cheap." cpcx
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Grapefruit causes the release of the hormone cholecystokinin.
We only have one IC, "grapefruit causes release." S.
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The smoke from the fire drifted slowly into the sky.
You have a few phrases but just one IC. S.
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The hormone cholecystokinin suppresses one's appetite.
The IC includes "hormone suppresses." It's s.
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Soft drinks do not quench thirst because they increase water needs.
"Because they increase water needs" is a DC. It's cx.
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Dad did the dishes and Mom cooked dinner while the kids played.
This sentence has two IC's and one DC. Cp-cx.
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Jerry mows the lawn and Mark waters the grass when it needs it.
The two IC's are joined with "and." The DC follows.
Cp-cx
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Feeling it's just too good to be true after all that trouble.
We do have a DC but no IC. Fragment.
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To be there when I needed her.
We have a DC, "when I needed her" but no IC. Fragment.
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After all that rain was over.
"That rain was over" is a DC. There is no IC. Fragment.
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Eating cheese after a meal or snack may help prevent tooth decay.
"Eating cheese" is the subject and "may prevent" is the verb.
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Some believe that cheese fights the bacteria that causes decay.
This little sentence has three clauses. It's cx.
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On that particular fishing trip we caught plenty of trout.
Just one IC, "we caught trout." It's s.
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Kids have about 75,000 hairs, which is a lot on one's mind.
"Which is a lot" is a DC -- an adjective clause. Quite cx.
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Although we don't know why, dark hair grows faster than blond hair.
"Although we don't know why" is a DC. It's cx.
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Hair grows about 1/100 of an inch per day.
"Hair grows" is the subject verb. The rest are phrases. It's
s.
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An eye lash lives 150 days until it falls out and it is replaced.
The clauses are "lash lives," "it falls," and "it is
replaced." cpcx
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Eye lashes keep dust out of the eyes and they add beauty too.
We have two IC's joined by `and'. It's cp.
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The smallest muscles are in the ear and fingers have no muscles.
The two parts include "muscles are" and "fingers have."
cp
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It takes 14 muscles to smile so let's work out and we will smile.
We have three IC's: it takes, so you let, and we will smile.
cp
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The strongest muscle is the masseter which works the jaw.
The dependent clause, "which works the jaw," makes it complex.
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There are approximately 650 muscles in a human body so exercise.
"So (you) exercise" is an IC. This makes the sentence compound.
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Our tent, with stakes at each corner, kept us dry.
"Tent kept us dry" is the only clause. S.
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Your hair will grow about 5 inches per year.
The subject and verb, "hair will grow." That makes it s.
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Nails are made of hardened skin called keratin.
"Called keratin" is participle phrase which modifies skin.
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Nails grow faster in the winter than in the summer.
We have one IC, "nails grow." S, yes?
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Fingernails grow four times faster than toenails grow.
"Than toenail's grow" is a DC. Cx.
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Right-handed people's nails grow faster on their right hand.
Only one subject and verb is present -- "nails grow." S.
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Left-handed people's nails grow faster on their left hand.
We have a lot of words but just one IC -- "nails grow." It's
s.
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The nose can recognize up to 1000 different smells.
The subject and verbs are "nose can recognize." It's s.
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The body has 6 pounds of skin which averages 1/20 of an inch thick.
The DC "which averages 1/20 of an inch thick" makes this complex.
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The skin is waterproof and it regulates body heat.
We have two IC's "skin is" and "it regulates." It's cp.
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The oil painting was colorful but the water coloring was bland.
Here we have two IC's joined by "but." It's a cp.
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The top layer of skin is the epidermis and the next is the dermis.
This sentence has two IC's -- "skin is epidermis" and "next is
dermis." cp
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Skin color is caused by the amount of melanin each has.
There are two clauses here -- "color is caused" and "each has."
cx
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A sheep's tail hangs down but a goat's tail stands up.
Two independent clauses make this a compound sentence.
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A male goat has a beard but a male sheep does not.
Here two IC's are joined by a coordinate conjunction "but."
Cp
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The ass and the donkey are both members of the horse family.
This sentence has a compound subject but that is all. s.
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Although generally larger than a porpoise, the dolphin is a whale.
"Although generally larger than a porpoise" is only a phrase.
S
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Pegasus was a winged horse which was given to Bellerophon.
"Which was given to Bellerophon" is a DC. It's cx.
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The sirens lured many sailors to their deaths.
The subject and verb are "sirens lured." It's s.
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The centaurs were wild creatures which represent lawless man.
"Which represent lawless man" is a DC. It's cx.
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The books made the shelf sag when the new volumes were added.
The DC is "when the new volumes were added." It's cx.
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The unicorn with its horse head and horn represents purity.
"With its horse head and horn" is a prepositional phrase.
S
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A beautiful bird with purple and gold feathers was the phoenix.
The subject and verb -- "bird was." S.
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A new layer of skin replaces our old skin every 27 days.
The structure of this sentence includes "layer replaces skin."
s
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In a lifetime we go through 1000 new layers of skin.
Subject and verb -- "we go." The additional words are modifiers.
s
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We have 20 baby teeth and as adults we have 32 permanent teeth.
Two IC's are present. It's cp.
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More than 2500 gallons of air flow through our noses each day.
The subject and verb are "gallons flow." The rest are modifiers.
s
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By the age of thirteen most people have 28 teeth.
"By the age" and "of thirteen" are prepositional phrases.
S
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Our eyes, which weigh 1 1/4 ounces each, are constantly moving.
"Which weigh 1 1/4 ounces each" is a DC. It's cx.
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An adult has 10,000 miles of blood vessels and a child has 60,000.
This sentence has two IC's. It's cp.
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Pascal is a computer language which requires exact precision.
"Which requires exact precision" is a DC. It's cx.
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The little thief who lives in the trees stole my peanuts.
"Who lives in the trees" is the dependent clause. It's cx.
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My wife has become an increasingly good friend.
All you have is an IC. It's s.
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The cafeteria gives good buys on food all through the summer.
"Cafeteria gives buys" is the only clause. It's s.
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Our boat has a fifteen foot sail which saves us gas.
"Which saves us gas" is a DC. It's cx.
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I know what I want and I know how to get it.
The clauses includes: I know, I want, I know. Cp-Cx.
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It is difficult to study when the brain cries for sleep.
"When the brain cries for sleep" is a DC. Cx.
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Some may think the correct response to the computer is a fist.
The DC is "response to computer is fist." cx.
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The church likes the new song books.
This sentence has only one clause -- an IC. It's s.
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I have had good performance from the C.Itoh printer.
We have only one IC. It's s.
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The floor was so dirty we couldn't find the contact lens.
You have two clauses here, "floor was" and "we could find."
Cx
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Lisa's hobby is oil painting.
You have no dependent clause here. It's s.
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She said she would if she could.
This little sentence has three clauses. It's cx.
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She said she would and she did.
This sentence has two Ic's and one DC. It's cp-cx.
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The class includes word processing and data management.
"Class includes" is the only subject verb. It's s.
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Many people are indifferent to anything which requires work.
"Which requires work" is a DC. It's cx.
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Coming just after the store was closed.
The DC here is the object of a preposition. It's a fragment.
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It is time to prepare some new disks for Ralph.
Only one IC is present in this sentence. It's s.
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Some textbook companies now sell their own word processors.
Only one IC is present here. It's s.
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Offer every kindness to women who have lost their husbands.
"Who have lost their husbands" is a DC. It's cx.
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Brother Adams, the man with the seeing eye dog, became the judge.
You only have one subject and one verb. It's s.
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Because she put the hot pan on the plastic table.
The subordinate conjunction makes this clause dependent. Fragment
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Her nightmare with airplanes and canyon walls occurs frequently.
There is only one subject and one verb here. It's s.
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Grandmother is proud of her heritage and she will return to Mexico.
Notice the coordinate conjunction "and." It joins two IC's.
cp
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Believing he would receive the scholarship.
We only have one dependent clause. It's a fragment.
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We put the labels on the letters after we finished the files.
The DC starts with the conjunction "after." It's cx.
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The man who is at the station is my brother and he is returning.
"Who is at the station" is a DC. It's cp-cx.
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Harold said he would leave by April.
"He would leave in April" is a noun clause. It's cx.
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In 1912 the Titanic rammed an iceberg and the ship sank.
Notice the coordinate conjunction "and." It's cp.
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The unlucky ship, the Titanic, was only found in September 1985.
"Ship was found" is all you have here. It's s.
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Give the book to Susan and after the show is finished cook a pizza.
This sentence has two understood subjects, "you."
Cp-cx
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You'll not regret the knowledge you gain and you should work hard.
Did you miss the little DC "you gain"? cp-cx.
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Nancy, the lady who has such a beautiful smile, sits in the front.
"Who has smile" is a DC. It's cx.
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Cazel never speaks of her divorce although she misses her husband.
"Although she misses her husband" is a DC. It's cx.
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If the adjuster is late.
We have only a dependent clause DC. It's a fragment.
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Hank, Frank, and Bingo went to the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.
We have a compound subject but one verb. It's s.
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A complex sentence has at least one DC and one IC.
The main parts are "sentence has clause." It's s.
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Bill smiled and he moved from the center of the room.
The coordinate conjunction "and" joins two clauses. It's
cp.
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Squinting was one way Sue could see the board.
Two clauses, "squinting was" and "Sue could see." It's
cx.
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The period called the Renaissance was a time of renewal and
rebirth.
Just one clause here, "period was." It's quite simple.
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I think you would be wise to ignore Dave's sarcasm.
Two clauses, "I think" and "you would be." It's cx.
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Few people travel by rail but many people would enjoy it.
The conjunction "but" joins two IC's. It's cp.
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I cherish the time I spend with my family each morning.
The DC is "I spend with my family." It's an adjective clause.
cx
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Together my family and I read the scriptures and we love it.
"And" is a coordinate conjunction which joins two IC's. Cp.
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Spring in Rexburg is a glorious, healthy birth.
All you have here is "Spring is birth." It's s.
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The days are lengthening and the skies are warming.
"And" joins two IC's, "days are -- skies are." It's cp.
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We can make improvements in education and the computer can help.
The coordinate conjunction "and" joins two IC's. It's cp.
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We waste much time in school because much we do is ineffective.
This sentence actually has three clauses. Can you find them?
cx
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For the unmotivated student, little learning takes place.
We only have one IC -- "learning takes place." It's s.
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Learning good morals is a most important part of one's education.
With one IC we have -- "Learning is part." It's s.
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To improve our lives and our educational systems are worthy goals.
We have "and" but it joins two objects of the infinitive.
S
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I was reading when a man came and he asked if I needed some help.
This sentence has four clauses. It's cp-cx.
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Official weather forecasts are not always accurate.
Just one clause -- forecasts are. It's s.
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Marty saw a funnel cloud emerge and reach for the ground.
"Funnel emerge and reach" is a noun clause. It's cx.
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Extending our test deadline was needed.
"Extending our deadline" is a noun phrase. It's s.
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And to talk with many of his friends.
You should recognize this incomplete thought. It's a fragment.
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Women may not want to date men who use sentence fragments.
"Who use fragments" is a DC. It's cx.
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Jazz is exciting music but it requires great skill to play it well.
We have two IC's joined by "but." It's cp.
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The company which Mark works for made great earnings last quarter.
"Which Mark works for" is a DC. It's cx.
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One who thinks only in terms of silver cannot act in terms of gold.
You have two clause: one cannot act and who thinks
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Robert Frost said the best way out is always through.
The second part of this sentence is a noun clause:
"the best way out is through." cx
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No one hates a job well done.
s
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Hit the ball over the fence and you can take your time going
around the bases.
IC + IC (you) hit ball and you take time
cp
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You can't make a place for yourself under the sun if you keep
sitting in the shade of the family tree.
The subordinate conjunction "if" joins the DC
you can make (IC) if you keep sitting (DC) cx
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No statue was ever erected to the memory of a man or woman
who thought it was best to let well enough alone.
Three clauses: (1) statue was (2) who thought (3) it was
cx
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In this class you should not measure your success by what you
have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished
with your ability.
We have plenty of clauses here and two of them are joined
by the coordinate conjunction, "but." cpcx
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Between the great things you cannot do and the small things
you will not do, don't just do nothing.
This one is hard. Two DC's are joined by the coordinate
conjunction, "and." cx DC and DC, IC.
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When another person's views are pretty much like my own, I
think they are well-informed.
Three clauses: (1) views are (2) I think (3) they are
cx
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"Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters."
Victor Hugo
cp
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"Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune, but great
minds rise above them."
Washington Irving
Two IC's joined by a coordinate conjunction
minds are tamed and subdued and minds rise cp
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"When you are at the end of your rope, it's a good idea to
keep your feet on the ground."
D. O. Flynn
Notice the subordinate conjunction, "when." The answer
is cx.
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A wise person adapts to circumstances as water shapes itself
to the vessel that contains it.
cx Three clauses: person adapts water shapes
that contains
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"Admiration begins where acquaintance ceases."
Dr. Samuel Johnson
cx Two clauses: admiration begins acquaintance ceases
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To love is to admire with the heart.
s subject (to love) verb (is) predicate noun (to admire)
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To admire is to love with the mind.
s
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Advice after an evil is done is like medicine after death.
Danish Proverb
cx Two clauses: Advice is and evil is
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"The worst men often give the best advice."
Philip J. Bailey
s men give advice
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The best 10 years of a woman's life are between 35 and 36.
s years are
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The three ages of man are: the school tablet, the aspirin
tablet and the stone tablet.
s ages are
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Any man who guesses a woman's age correctly ought to be ashamed
of himself.
cx man ought to be ashamed and who guesses
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A woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything
to lose or too old to have anything to gain.
Chinese Proverb
cx Two clauses: woman is and who tells
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Reaching high keeps a woman on her toes.
s reaching keeps
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Alimony is like paying the installments on the car after the
wreck.
s alimony is
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"The road is always better than the inn."
Miguel De Cervantes
s
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The day dawns only to those who are awake.
cx Two clauses: day dawns who are
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Alimony: merely a contraction of "all his money."
fragment If we had a verb, the sentence would be "simple."
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Anger is only one letter short of danger.
s
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"Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand."
George Eliot
cx Two clauses: nothing is it seems
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"Eating words has never given me indigestion."
Winston Churchill
s
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A red-nosed man may be a teetotaller, but he will find no one
to believe it.
Chinese Proverb
cp man may be and he will find
Notice the use of "and." It joins the two clauses.
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A greater poverty than that caused by a lack of money.
fragment
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When the world is full of people who are always making trouble.
fragment We have two clauses here but they are both DC's.
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About the world unaware of the beauty, the goodness, the
glories in it.
fragment
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The physician can bury his mistakes, but the architect can
only advise his clients to plant vines.
cp physician can bury but architect can advise
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"A long dispute means both parties are wrong."
Voltaire
cx Two clauses: dispute means parties are
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Art is more godlike than science because science discovers
but art creates.
comp/cplx Find all the clauses. Also note that two
of them are joined with "but."
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"Art is a jealous mistress, and if a man has a genius for
painting, poetry, architecture or philosophy, he makes a bad
husband and an ill provider." Ralph Waldo Emerson
cp/cx We have two IC's and one DC.
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"I not only use all the brains I have but I use all I can borrow."
Woodrow Wilson
cp/cx
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When a dove begins to associate with crows, its feathers remain
white but its heart grows black.
German Proverb
cp/cx
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"Nobody talks so constantly about God as those who insist that
there is no God."
Heywood Broun
cx Three clauses: nobody talks who insist God is
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For the atheists we should serve them a fine dinner and
we should ask them if they believe there is a cook.
cp/cx Four clauses: two of them are coordinate
we should serve and we should ask
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"Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your
own reputation and 'tis better to be alone than in bad
company." George Washington
cp/cx 'tis means it is
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The world started with Adam but it may end with atom.
cp world started but it may end
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Now that we can split the atom, we must learn to unite humanity.
cx we can split (DC) we must learn (IC)
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Is to create a moral and intellectual atmosphere that will
prevent nuclear bombs.
fragment
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"The worst miser is the learned man that will not write."
Austin O'Malley
cx
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"The ink of the scholar is more sacred than the blood of the
martyr."
Mohammed
s
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"Your manuscript is both good and original, but the part that is
good is not original, and the part that is original is not good."
Dr. Samuel Johnson
comp/cplx
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An autobiography usually reveals nothing bad about its writer
except his or her memory.
s autobiography reveals The rest are modifiers.
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"The most original authors are not so because they advance what is
new but because they put what they have to say as if it had never
been said before." Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
cx We have many clause here. The conjunction "but" joins
only DC's.
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