Simple sentences

A sentence that consists of just one clause is described as a simple sentence. This does not tell us anything about its length or about the ideas it contains.

Both these examples are simple sentences on the pattern subject + verb + object:

The second sentence seems much more complicated than the first, but it isn't really. It starts with a noun phrase:

The dynamic world of flamenco

This is based on the headword world. The object of the sentence is also a noun phrase based on the headword twist.

So grammatically the sentence boils down to:

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