Translate the paragraph into ordinary English: please Statement of JUSTICE STEVENS
respecting the denial of the petition for writ of certiorari.

The limitations period in the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996
(AEDPA) requires a person in custody pursuant to the judgment of a State court to file an application for a writ of habeas corpus within one year of the date on which the judgment became final . . . ." 28 U. S. C. 2244(d)(1)(A). This case raises the question whether a Texas order of deferred adjudication probation is a judgment under the statute. In essence, a deferred adjudication probation order places a defendant on probation while postponing any adjudication of guilt. See Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann., Art. 42.12, 5 (Vernon 2006 Supp. Pamphlet) . . . .

the rhetoric device being used to persuade the audience is pathos.

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sentences vary by structure as well as by function. there are compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences.

simple sentence

i like to read.

a simple sentence has one independent clause.

compound sentence

i like to read, and i also like to write.

a compound sentence includes more than one independent clause, connected by a coordinating conjunction (and, but, for, nor, or, so, or yet).

complex sentence

i prefer to read books that are bestsellers.

a complex sentence includes one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses. (a dependent clause is one that cannot stand alone.) types of dependent clauses include relative clauses (i kicked the boy who pinched me), adverb clauses (i am going home now because i have a curfew), and noun clauses (i don't know what to do next).

compound-complex sentence

although i prefer to read current bestsellers, i do like to read old agatha christie mysteries, and i also like some 20th-century science fiction.

compound-complex sentences take a bunch of clauses (multiple independent clauses, and one or more dependent clauses) and toss them together like a salad. although these sentences take practice to write in a grammatically correct fashion, they can hold a tremendous amount of meaning, and are common in academic writing.