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"A work on english grammar and composition"

But this the real, or logical relation
between the facts in either sentence is expressed in a sentence of the
compound form--an _and_ may be placed before _therefore_ and _hence_.
Unless the connecting word expresses the dependence of one of the clauses,
the grammarian regards them both as independent.
_Temperance promotes health, intemperance destroys it_. Here the
independent clauses are joined to each other by their very position in the
sentence--connected without any conjunction. This kind of connection is
common.
Sentences made up of independent clauses we call +Compound Sentences.

+DEFINITION.--A _Clause_ is a part of a sentence containing' a subject and
its predicate.+
+DEFINITION.--A _Dependent Clause_ is one used as an adjective, an adverb,
or a noun.+
+DEFINITION.--An _Independent Clause_ is one not dependent on another
clause.+
SENTENCES CLASSIFIED WITH RESPECT TO FORM.
+DEFINITION.--A _Simple Sentence_ is a sentence that contains but one
subject and one predicate, either or both of which may be compound.+
+DEFINITION.--A _Complex Sentence_ is a sentence composed of an independent
clause and one or more dependent clauses.+
+DEFINITION.--A _Compound Sentence_ is a sentence composed of two or more
independent clauses.


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