Complex sentence

In grammar, 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.[1]

Examples

" I ate the meal that you cooked." In this example, "I ate the meal" is an independent
clause, while "that you cooked" is a relative clause. The independent clause could stand
alone as a simple sentence without the relative clause.

"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.

"I ate breakfast before I went to work." This has "I ate breakfast" as an independent
clause, and "before I went to work" as a dependent clause.

Examples of sentences that have more than one clause but are not complex sentences include the
following:

"I was scared, but I didn't run away." Both of these clauses are independent in this
compound sentence but it is not a complex sentence.

"The dog that you gave me barked at me, and it bit my hand." Here a compound-complex
sentence has two independent clauses ("The dog barked at me" and "It bit my hand") and
one dependent clause ["that you gave me"].

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Complex Sentences
Complex sentences describe more than one thing or idea and have more than one verb in them.
They are made up of more than one clause, an independent clause (that can stand by itself) and a
dependent (subordinate) clause (which cannot stand by itself).
For example:
"My mother likes dogs that don't bark."
Dependent clauses can be nominal, adverbial or adjectival.
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