5. Transition From Simple To Composite Sentences The notions of simple sentence and composite sentence are well defined and
distinctly opposed to each other, but still some transitional elements can be found
between them. Such sentences are termed transitional or semi-composite. The
following syntactical phenomena can be considered transitional cases:
1) sentences with homogeneous parts (sometimes also termed "contracted
sentences");
2) sentences with a dependent appendix;
3) sentences with secondary predication.
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