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What is a complex sentence?

What is a complex sentence? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (grammar) a sentence that contains an independent clause as well as one or more dependent clauses, such as a relative clause, an adverbial clause, or a noun clause.
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Brief general introduction to the language, followed by more complex sentence formation, with questions and answers.
Nonfinite verbs do not carry g-n-p markers, and they head subordinate clauses that precede the main clause in a complex sentence.
As his career went on, his stuff lost nuance – he became more of a belter, less likely to worry his way through a complex sentence or thought.
A complex sentence consists of an independent clause and a subordinate clause.
Once the various complex sentence patterns are acquired, progress is seen as children use them more often and more effectively.
Therefore, a concessive clause must be part of a complex sentence with an independent clause.

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