periodic sentence
noun
: a usually complex sentence that has no subordinate or trailing elements following its principal clause (as in "yesterday while I was walking down the street, I saw him")
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Straight declarative sentence, periodic sentence, sentence fragment.
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Will Harrison, New York Times, 11 July 2023
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“Periodic sentence.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/periodic%20sentence. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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