Simple, compound and complex sentences
A simple sentence has a subject and a predicate and expresses one idea.
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I like apple pie.
Nare and Vardan waited for the train.
Nare and Vardan waited for the train.
A compound sentence is two simple sentences joined by a comma and a conjunction such as and, but, etc.
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Nare and Vardan waited for the train, but the train was late.
Nare and Vardan arrived at the station early, and they left before I arrived.
Nare and Vardan arrived at the station early, and they left before I arrived.
A complex sentence is made up of a main clause and one or more dependent clauses.
The dependent clause usually begins with a subordinating conjunction such as because, as, etc.
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Because Nare and Vardan arrived at the station early, I did not see them at the station.
I did not see them at the station because Nare and Vardan arrived at the station early.
I did not see them at the station because Nare and Vardan arrived at the station early.
Because-clauses usually comes at the end. Because puts more emphasis on the reason.
As he wasn’t ready, we went without him.
We went without him because/as he wasn’t ready.