Read the sentences. The Benin plaques are important. There are tons of reasons for this. They were triumphant works of art. The plaques also documented two pretty important moments of Euro-African contact. One was peaceful. The other was not. Which best revises these sentences to create a more formal style and tone? The Benin plaques are important, and people should recognize that they are incredible works of art. They also happen to document two vital moments of Euro-African contact, one of which was peaceful and one of which was not. I think the Benin plaques should be cherished for tons of reasons, namely because they are prized works of art that document two prominent points of Euro-African contact. One was peaceful, and the other was awful. The Benin plaques are important for many reasons, but namely because they document two prominent points of Euro-African contact, one of which was peaceful and the other not. Cherished for many reasons, the Benin plaques are on the map because they are triumphant works of art. They document two pretty important moments of Euro-African contact. One was peaceful. The other was not.

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sentences vary by structure as well as by function. there are compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences.

simple sentence

i like to read.

a simple sentence has one independent clause.

compound sentence

i like to read, and i also like to write.

a compound sentence includes more than one independent clause, connected by a coordinating conjunction (and, but, for, nor, or, so, or yet).

complex sentence

i prefer to read books that are bestsellers.

a complex sentence includes one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses. (a dependent clause is one that cannot stand alone.) types of dependent clauses include relative clauses (i kicked the boy who pinched me), adverb clauses (i am going home now because i have a curfew), and noun clauses (i don't know what to do next).

compound-complex sentence

although i prefer to read current bestsellers, i do like to read old agatha christie mysteries, and i also like some 20th-century science fiction.

compound-complex sentences take a bunch of clauses (multiple independent clauses, and one or more dependent clauses) and toss them together like a salad. although these sentences take practice to write in a grammatically correct fashion, they can hold a tremendous amount of meaning, and are common in academic writing.