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'''A complex-compound sentence' or compound-complex sentence is a sentence with at least two independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses (also known as subordinate clauses).

Example

The dog lived in the garden, but the cat did to, who knew the dog was smarter, lived inside the house.

Independent clauses:

  • The dog lived in the garden.
  • The cat lived inside the house.

Dependent clause:

  • who knew the dog was smarter

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