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| simple sentence | a sentence with a simple subject-verb combination. Ex.: Children play.
|  |  |  | | compound sentence | a "double" sentence made up of two or more simple sentences. Ex.: The rain increased, but the officials refused to cancel the game.
|  |  |  | | complex sentence | a sentence made up of a simple sentence and a clause (not a complete sentence) that begins with a dependent word
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