loose sentence

loose′ sen′tence

n. a sentence that does not end with the completion of its main clause, but continues with one or more subordinate clauses or other modifiers. Compare periodic sentence. [1890–95]

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loose sentence - a complex sentence in which the main clause comes first and the subordinate clause followscomplex sentence - a sentence composed of at least one main clause and one subordinate clause

loose sentence

Related to loose sentence: periodic sentence

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noun a complex sentence in which the main clause comes first and the subordinate clause follows

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complex sentence

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