Definition:
A sentence with two or more independent clauses and at least one dependent clause.
Examples:
- "Those are my principles, and if you don't like them . . . well, I have others."
(Groucho Marx) - "In America everybody is of the opinion that he has no social superiors, since all men are equal, but he does not admit that he has no social inferiors, for, from the time of Jefferson onward, the doctrine that all men are equal applies only upwards, not downwards."
(Bertrand Russell) - "Hatred, which could destroy so much, never failed to destroy the man who hated, and this was an immutable law."
(James Baldwin) - "The Druids used mistletoe in ceremonies of human sacrifice, but most of all the evergreen became a symbol of fertility because it flourished in winter when other plants withered."
(Sian Ellis, "England's Ancient 'Special Twig,'" British Heritage, January 2001) - "For in the end, freedom is a personal and lonely battle; and one faces down fears of today so that those of tomorrow might be engaged."
(Alice Walker) - "We operate under a jury system in this country, and as much as we complain about it, we have to admit that we know of no better system, except possibly flipping a coin."
(Dave Barry) - "I believe entertainment can aspire to be art, and can become art, but if you set out to make art you're an idiot."
(Steve Martin) - "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."
(Theodor Geisel)
