A simple sentence consists of <u><em>only one clause</em></u>. A compound sentence consists of two or more independent clauses. A complex sentence has at least one independent clause plus at least one dependent clause. A set of words with no independent clause may be an incomplete sentence, also called a sentence fragment.
The only thing Shakespeare left to his wife in his will was the second best bed in the house. His will reads: '“I gyve unto my wife my second best bed with the furniture”. The “furniture” refers to the linen for the bed...
