From the course: Grammar Foundations
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Types of sentences
- [Narrator] As you've learned, a simple sentence is a sentence with a single main clause. It can be as simple as run if it's an imperative sentence giving a command and as short as two words if it's a declarative sentence, just a subject and a verb, I win. A simple sentence can also be longer with a subject, verb and object. Maria owns the coffee shop, but even without additional complexity, your writing becomes boring if you use a lot of simple sentences. Maria owns the coffee shop. Aiden is her son. He helps after school. Boring. Fortunately, there are three more major sentence types you can use to spice up your writing. You've also already learned about complex sentences That combine a main clause with a subordinate clause. Maria's son Aiden helps after school since she owns the coffee shop, better. Compound sentences combine multiple main clauses. You can do this with a coordinating conjunction and a comma or…
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