What is a complex sentence?

Definition
	A complex sentence is a sentence which includes
	at least one main clause, and at least one subordinate clause.

Example (English)
	The man whom you see is my brother.

Kinds
	Here are some kinds of complex sentence:
	What is a cleft sentence? What is a pseudo-cleft sentence?

Generic
	A complex sentence is a kind of
	What is a sentence?

Sources
	Crystal 1980 75
	Hartmann and Stork 1972 45
	Quirk, Greenbaum, Leech, and Svartvik 1985 719
	Mish 1991 269

Context for this page:

Concept module: complex sentence
In overview module: Glossary (Linguistics): C
In modular book: Glossary of linguistic terms, by Eugene E. Loos (general editor), Susan Anderson (editor), Dwight H., Day, Jr. (editor), Paul C. Jordan (editor), and J. Douglas Wingate (editor)
In bookshelf: Linguistics

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