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<p>* A compound-complex sentence (or complex-compound sentence) consists of multiple independent clauses, at least one of which has at least one dependent clause.</p>

<p><big> By function or speech act <span class="anchor" id="By purpose"></span> </big></p>
<p>Sentences can also be classified based on the <a href="page.php?w=speech_act">speech act</a> which they perform. For instance, English sentence types can be described as follows:<br/>
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