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Complex Sentences

2. Cause: because, since, as

Because she hated snow, she moved to Florida.

3. Condition: if, when, unless

Don’t come to work late unless you want to get

fired. The sentence begins with the independent

clause, don’t come to work late. Since the

independent clause comes first, there is no need

for a comma.

4. Time: whenever, once, before, after, until, as soon

as

As soon as I find a new job, I’ll start looking for a

better car.

5. Place: where, wherever

I want to vacation on a tropical island where the

beaches are beautiful.

6. Relative pronouns: who, which, that

The person who invented Scotch tape was a

genius. Note that the dependent clause, who

invented Scotch tape, comes in the middle of the

independent clause. The independent clause is

the person was a genius. We place the dependent

clause next to the word is describes, person.

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