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Latin | English |
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| Prepositional phrase opening |  Up the street the dog ran. |
| Participial phrase opening | Running up the street, the dog knocked over some garbage cans. |
| Gerund phrase opening | Running up the street is fun for the dog. |
| Infinitive phrase opening | To run up the street is fun for the dog. |
| Appositive phrase opening | The dog, a yellow lab, ran up the street. |
| Compound sentence | The dog ran up the street, and he greeted his owner. |
| Adverb clause ending | The dog ran up the street because he wanted to greet his owner. |
| Adverb clause opening | Because he wanted to greet his owner, the dog ran up the street. |
| Adjective clause interrupter | The dog that ran past me went up the street and greeted his owner. |
| Noun clause opening | What impressed me was his loyalty. |
| Compound-Complex sentence | Because he wanted to greet his owner, the dog ran up the street, and he knocked over some garbage cans. |
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