{"id":12692,"date":"2024-10-01T16:45:03","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T07:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wesleyan.ac.jp\/cgu-info\/?post_type=fl_news&#038;p=12692"},"modified":"2024-10-01T16:45:03","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T07:45:03","slug":"english-study-series-part-13-crafting-compound-and-complex-sentences-introduction-to-compound-and-complex-sentences","status":"publish","type":"fl_news","link":"https:\/\/www.wesleyan.ac.jp\/cgu-info\/fl_news\/english-study-series-part-13-crafting-compound-and-complex-sentences-introduction-to-compound-and-complex-sentences","title":{"rendered":"English Study Series Part 13: &#8220;Crafting Compound and Complex Sentences&#8221; (Introduction to Compound and Complex Sentences)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-16447 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wesleyan.ac.jp\/cgu-info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/13-300x156.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"956\" height=\"497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wesleyan.ac.jp\/cgu-info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/13-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wesleyan.ac.jp\/cgu-info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/13-768x400.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wesleyan.ac.jp\/cgu-info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/13.jpg 894w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 956px) 100vw, 956px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Congratulations, grammar champions, you&#8217;ve reached the final frontier: compound and complex sentences! These sentence structures allow us to express more complex ideas by combining independent and dependent clauses. Let&#8217;s wrap up with some examples:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Compound Sentence: She loves to read, <strong>but<\/strong> she also enjoys hiking.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Complex Sentence: <strong>Although<\/strong> it was raining, they decided to go for a walk.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Compound sentences join two independent clauses with coordinating conjunctions like &#8220;and,&#8221; &#8220;but,&#8221; or &#8220;so,&#8221; while complex sentences include an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses. So, next time you&#8217;re crafting your masterpiece of a sentence, remember the power of compound and complex structures to elevate your writing to new heights!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">We in the Department of International Studies hope CGU studies are enjoying this adventure through the wonders of language and that you feel more confident in your grammar skills.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","categories":[21],"class_list":["post-12692","fl_news","type-fl_news","status-publish","hentry","category-21"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wesleyan.ac.jp\/cgu-info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fl_news\/12692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wesleyan.ac.jp\/cgu-info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fl_news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wesleyan.ac.jp\/cgu-info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/fl_news"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wesleyan.ac.jp\/cgu-info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wesleyan.ac.jp\/cgu-info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}