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MAXIMUM SENTENCEMAXIMUM SENTENCEWhat type of sentence is thisSIMPLE, COMPOUND, COMPLEX, or COMPOUND-COMPLEX?The investigation into an assault on a retired attorney focuses on a sticky divorce and a possible homicide.BACKSIMPLE

MAXIMUM SENTENCEMAXIMUM SENTENCEWhat type of sentence is thisSIMPLE, COMPOUND, COMPLEX, or COMPOUND-COMPLEX?When a woman is slain in an apparent drive-by shooting, the DA's office seeks to prosecute not only the shooter but a doctor who harvested the victim's organs for transplants.BACKCOMPLEX

MAXIMUM SENTENCEMAXIMUM SENTENCEWhat type of sentence is thisSIMPLE, COMPOUND, COMPLEX, or COMPOUND-COMPLEX?Dozens die in a nightclub fire, and detectives must determine the cause.BACKCOMPOUND

BONUS ROUNDLAW & LAW & ORDER ORDER BONUS ROUND

A desperate housewife is charged with poisoning her husband after he collapses, leaving her with millions in insurance money.

Guilty or Not Guilty?NOT GUILTYBACKCRIMINAL CHARGESCRIMINAL CHARGESA SENTENCE FRAGMENT is an incomplete sentence that is missing a subject or a predicate. A RUN-ON SENTENCE is a series of independent clauses without any punctuation between them. And a COMMA SPLICE is a sentence with two independent clauses joined only by a comma. All three are sentence errors!

In this round, youll be given an incorrect sentence. You need to identify it as a fragment, a run-on, or a comma splice.12345678

BACKTRIAL BY JURYTRIAL BY JURYIn this round, youll be given an example sentence. All you need to do is decide if the sentence is correct or not. If the sentence is incorrect (if its a fragment, a run-on, or a comma splice), say GUILTY; if its okay, say NOT GUILTY. 12345678

BACKMAXIMUM SENTENCEMAXIMUM SENTENCEA SIMPLE sentence has a single independent clause.A COMPOUND sentence combines two independent clauses.A COMPLEX sentence combines one independent clause with at least one subordinate clause.And a COMPOUND-COMPLEX sentence combines two or more independent clauses with at least one subordinate clause.

In this round, identify what type of sentence the example is.12345678

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MAXIMUM SENTENCEMAXIMUM SENTENCEWhat type of sentence is thisSIMPLE, COMPOUND, COMPLEX, or COMPOUND-COMPLEX?When a rich couple is attacked in a parking lot, the husband is killed and the wife wounded, and detectives deem her account of the event too well-rehearsed to be believed.BACKCOMPOUND-COMPLEX

LEGAL CLAUSESLEGAL CLAUSESIn this sentence, find the INDEPENDENT clause:A schizophrenic ophthalmologist murders another physician because he wants to cover up his bizarre surgical attempts to cure schizophrenia.BACKA schizophrenic ophthalmologist murders another physician