Step 1: Independent clause
The first independent clause of your compound-complex sentence should have a strong main idea. It doesn’t
have to come first in your final sentence, but you’ll need a guiding idea to get you started. Let’s say I want to
write a sentence about a cat. My independent clause might look like this:
The cat jumped onto the couch.
This is a complete sentence all on its own, which is how we know it’s a good independent clause for our
complex-
compound sentence
.
Step 2: Related independent clause
Now we need another independent clause that is related to the first independent clause. Sometimes this
means the clause will have the same subject, or use a word that’s in the other independent clause. The new
clause should continue the action or add new information.
The sun shone onto the couch.
This is another complete sentence, and it mentions the couch from the first independent clause. Now we’re
ready for a dependent clause.
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