What is compound-complex Sentence?

A sentence with two or more independent clauses and at least one dependent

clause.

·         The compound-complex sentence is one of the four basic sentence structures. The other structures are the simple sentence, the compound sentence, and the complex sentence.

·         See also:

Examples and Observations:

·         "The compound-complex sentence is so named because it shares the characteristics of both compound and complex sentences. Like the compound sentence, the compound-complex has two main clauses. Like the complex sentence, it has at least one subordinate clause. The subordinate clause can be part of an independent clause."
(Random House Webster's Pocket Grammar, Usage, and Punctuation, 2007)

·         "The door of the morning room was open as I went through the hall, and I caught a glimpse of Uncle Tom messing about with his collection of old silver."
(P.G. Wodehouse, The Code of the Woosters, 1938) 

• "All of us are egotists to some extent, but most of us--unlike the jerk--are perfectly and horribly aware of it when we make asses of ourselves."
  (Sidney J. Harris, "A Jerk," 1961)

• "Those are my principles, and if you don't like them . . . well, I have others."
  (Groucho Marx)

• "The Druids used mistletoe in ceremonies of human sacrifice, but most of all the evergreen became a symbol of fertility because it flourished in winter when other plants withered."
  (Sian Ellis, "England's Ancient 'Special Twig.'" British Heritage, January 2001)

• "For in the end, freedom is a personal and lonely battle; and one faces down fears of today so that those of tomorrow might be engaged."
  (Alice Walker, In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens, 1983)

• "We operate under a jury system in this country, and as much as we complain about it, we have to admit that we know of no better system, except possibly flipping a coin."
  (Dave Barry, Dave Barry's Guide to Marriage And/or Sex, 1987) 


• "She gave me another of those long keen looks, and I could see that she was again asking herself if her favourite nephew wasn't steeped to the tonsils in the juice of the grape."
  (P.G. Wodehouse, Plum Pie, 1966)

• "In America everybody is of the opinion that he has no social superiors, since all men are equal, but he does not admit that he has no social inferiors, for, from the time of Jefferson onward, the doctrine that all men are equal applies only upwards, not downwards."
  (Bertrand Russell, Unpopular Essays, 1930)

• How and Why to Use Compound-Complex Sentences
  "The compound-complex sentence consists of two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.This syntactic shape is essential in representing complex relationships and so is frequently put to use in various forms of analytically writing, especially in academic writing. It is also probably true that the ability to use compound-complex sentences elevates a writer's credibility: it demonstrates that he or she can bring together in a single sentence a range of different pieces of information and order them in relationship to each other. This is not to say that the compound-complex sentence invites confusion: on the contrary, when handled carefully, it has the opposite effect--it clarifies the complexity and enables readers to see it clearly."
  (David Rosenwasser and Jill Stephen, Writing Analytically, 6th ed. Wads worth, 2012)


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