PERIODIC SENTENCE


Meaning of PERIODIC SENTENCE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: circa 1928

: 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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