As an example of the passive voice I offer the following sentence: “The dog was hit by a car.” I then ask students to make it active: “A car hit the dog.” It is usually clear that the second sentence ...

The two, or more, clauses of the sentence still make sense on their own. and complex close complex sentenceA sentence that contains a main (independent) clause and one or more subordinate ...

The two, or more, clauses of the sentence still make sense on their own. and complex close complex sentenceA sentence that contains a main (independent) clause and one or more subordinate ...