Definition
A complex sentence is a sentence which includes:
- at least one main clause, and
- at least one subordinate clause.
Examples
(English)
The man whom you see is my brother.
Kinds
More specific concepts within complex sentence.
Sources 4
- Crystal 1980, 75
- Hartmann and Stork 1972, 45
- Quirk, Greenbaum, Leech, and Svartvik 1985, 719
- Mish 1991, 269