Cumulative sentence may refer to:
Grammar
- Loose sentence, or cumulative sentence, a type sentence structure
an independent clause followed by a series of dependent clauses (contrast with periodic sentence)
Law
- Consecutive terms of imprisonment. See Sentence (law)
Famous quotes containing the words cumulative and/or sentence:
“Raising children is an incredibly hard and risky business in which no cumulative wisdom is gained: each generation repeats the mistakes the previous one made.”
—Bill Cosby (20th century)
“... the compensation for a death sentence is knowledge of the exact hour when one is to die. A great luxury, but one that is well earned.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)