300
A sentence structure in which a main clause is followed by subordinate phrases and clauses. This type of sentence makes its major point at the beginning and then adds subordinate phrases and clauses that develop or modify the point. This type of sentence could end at one or more points before it actually does, as the periods in brackets illustrate in the following example:
It went up[.], a great ball of fire about a mile in diameter[.], an elemental force freed from its bonds[.] after being chained for billions of years.
(Gerald J. Alred, Charles T. Brusaw, and Walter E. Oliu, The Business Writer's Companion, Macmillan, 2007)
What is a loose sentence?