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Friday, April 29, 2016 - Compound/Complex

A compound-complex sentence is made from two independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.

Example:

1. Although I like to go camping, I haven't had the time to go lately, and I haven't found anyone to go with.

• independent clause: "I haven't had the time to go lately"
• independent clause: "I haven't found anyone to go with"
• dependent clause: "Although I like to go camping... "

2. We decided that the movie was too violent, but our children, who like to watch scary movies, thought that we were wrong.

• independent clause: "We decided that the movie was too violent"
• independent clause: "(but) our children thought that we were wrong"
• dependent clause: who like to watch scary movies

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Compound-Complex Examples - copy the following sentences, underline the independent clauses and put a box around the dependent clauses

1. Although thought to be indestructible, the Twin Towers fell on Sept. 11, 2001, and that forever changed the NYC skyline.

2. The Twin Towers were destroyed by terrorists, who thought they could tear the US apart, but instead, this tragedy brought the US people together

3. Of all the tragedies the US has suffered, the 9/11 terrorist attack killed more individuals than Pearl Harbor; therefore, it is the most tragic lost in American history.

4. To this day, there is much controversy surrounding 9/11, and still, the American politicians swear they knew nothing prior to the attack.