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  • Monday, Nov 24

    Fish swim and cows eat.

    Complex sentence since 2 clauses.

    Clause 1: fish swim

    Clause 3: cows eat

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  • Wednesday, Sep 03

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  • 1 sentence / can contain more than one clause:

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  • Saturday, Jun 07

    He's down and I'm up.

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  • Thursday, May 29

    I eat and they ate

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  • Thursday, Apr 17

    He studies information technology and she studies law.

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  • Friday, Feb 14

    I like how when the video ends, it freezes on where it ended instead of restarting. It's usually on parts where I need to reread something because it includes important information, or somewhere that I should probably take notes on. Not sure if it's intentional, but it's great!

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  • Friday, Nov 15 2024

    The Santa Claus.

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  • Monday, Nov 11 2024

    Aaron Rodgers tricked New York Jets fans and they all believed him.

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  • Friday, Oct 25 2024

    Harry eats chocolate while his dog stares.

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  • Tuesday, Oct 08 2024

    The cats sing(clause) while the dogs dance(clause)

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  • Sunday, Oct 06 2024

    My wife is crazy (clause) and i live in fear (clause).. = Complex Sentence

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  • Tuesday, Jul 16 2024

    Just did a TEFL Course, glad to know all the grammar they taught (very in depth) will do me some good on the LSAT.

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  • Thursday, Jul 11 2024

    Dogs run and cats climb

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  • Monday, Jul 01 2024

    I should have paid more attention in fourth grade, dang

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  • Friday, Jun 28 2024

    Britney reads (clause) and Sabrina listens (clause).

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  • Tuesday, Feb 06 2024

    Sentence: Hakeem reads (clause) and Hakeem writes (clause).

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  • Friday, Oct 27 2023

    #feedback I picked up a grammar book going through this lesson, thank you #JY for teaching me how to English on top of how to LSAT. The force is starting to gather.😈

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  • Friday, Oct 13 2023

    #help I'm going back on this, and can someone explain why we have "predicate-object" in future lessons but it's not referenced here? When JY refers to "Predicate" in future lessons, does he mean both verb and object if available?

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  • Thursday, Sep 21 2023

    My notes worded a bit different:

    - Noun (subject) + verb (predicate) = clause = a simple sentence.

    - Many clauses = complex sentence.

    - Subject = what the clause is about

    -will always contain a noun

    - Predicate = what we want to say about the subject

    -will always contain a verb

    -usually starts with a verb

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  • Sunday, Sep 11 2022

    noun + verb = clause (all clauses are not sentences; all sentences contain at least one clause)

    clause = simple sentence ( independent clauses (includes subject and verb) are complete thoughts, hence, can be complete sentences (multiple independent clauses (contains noun and verb) can be in one sentence, forming a complex sentence. However, an dependent clause contains a subject and a verb but itself cannot act as a sentence. I.e.,”because he smelled” or “before we go” yes, they contain a noun and a verb, but they need another clause to form a sentence, I.e., “We ran away because he smelled” or “Tell him you love him before we go”)

    Complex sentences can contain many clauses. (At it’s very basic sense, a complex sentence by definition is one that contains at least a independent clause and dependent clause, these are kind of like “simple complex sentences. I.e., When the oven heats to 150 (dependent clause),(clauses are usually spreader by a comma) make sure you start preparing the cake (independent clause).) (Complex sentences can also have 2 independent clauses: “I couldn’t believe what I was seeing (independent clause, it could stand on its own as a sentence),(there that comma again, thank goodness for those things!) Alex proposed to Lilly (independent clause #2).)

    All clauses contain a subject and a predicate. (I found this definition of a clause from the Oxford Languages website to be incredibly interesting, take it as you will: “ a unit of grammatical organization next below the sentence in rank and in traditional grammar said to consist of a subject and predicate.”) https://languages.oup.com/google-dictionary-en/

    The subject always contains a noun and is what the clause is about. (Another way to think about this is that the subject controls the verb in a clause)

    The predicate must contain and usually starts with a verb and is the thing that we want to say about the subject. (Remember a predicate is the part of the sentence contains a verb, it can be a phrase or simply just a verb. Specifically, it is the word or phrase that dictates what the subject of the sentence is doing. For example, “the party(noun) was fun(predicate phrase, was is the verb that is attached to fun that forms the predicate).

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