Long Sentence
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A Long Sentence is a linguistic sentence that contains more than 25 words.
- Context:
- It can (typically) have multiple Sentence Clauses (both main clauses and subordinate clauses).
- It can (typically) make extensive use of Punctuation (to organize thoughts and ideas).
- It can (typically) be more complex and harder to understand than shorter sentences due to their length and structure.
- It can (often) require careful reading to fully comprehend the relationships between the different parts of the sentence.
- It can be decomposed by a Sentence Decomposer (solving sentence decomposition).
- It can range from being a Somewhat-Long Sentence to being a Very-Long Sentence.
- It can utilize a variety of grammatical structures, such as relative clauses, appositive phrases, and conjunctive adverbs, to add information, detail, and nuance.
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- Example(s):
- William Faulkner's 1,288-word sentence from "Absalom, Absalom!".
- a Long Contract Sentence, such as:
- This 765-word one: “
Notwithstanding the foregoing, “Project Expenses” shall not include any of the following: (A) repairs or other work occasioned by fire, windstorm, or other insured casualty or by the exercise of the right of eminent domain to the extent Landlord actually receives insurance proceeds or condemnation awards therefor; (B) leasing commissions, accountants’, consultants’, auditors or attorneys’ fees, costs and disbursements and other expenses incurred in connection with negotiations or disputes with other tenants or prospective tenants or other occupants, or associated with the enforcement of any other leases or the defense of Landlord’s title to or interest in the real property or any part thereof; (C) costs incurred by Landlord ... ... ... which Landlord is reimbursed (other than pursuant to a general operating costs pass through.". from section "5. OPERATING EXPENSES." inhttps://www.cabalettabio.com/investors/sec-filings/all-sec-filings/content/0001193125-19-258869/d686907dex1013.htm.
- This 765-word one: “
- Marcel Proust's 141-word sentence: “
And once I had recognized the taste of the crumb of madeleine soaked in her decoction of lime-flowers which my aunt used to give me (although I did not yet know and must long postpone the discovery of why this memory made me so happy) immediately the old grey house upon the street, where her room was, rose up like the scenery of a theatre to attach itself to the little pavilion, opening on to the garden, which had been built out behind it for my parents (the isolated panel which until that moment had been all that I could see); and with the house the town, from morning to night and in all weathers, the Square where I was sent before luncheon, the streets along which I used to run errands, the country roads we took when it was fine.. - ...
- Counter-Example(s):
- See: Sentence Complexity, Clause, Punctuation, Legal Document, Academic Writing, Literary Style.