Simple:
Horatio Nelson, the famous English naval hero, once was supposed to have said:” Men and ships rot in port.”
Horatio Nelson, the famous English naval hero, once was supposed to have said:” Men and ships rot in port.”: Sub + verb combination Independent.
Caught by the sea, Page 33
Compound:
The boat slammed, tore, ripped sideways across the water. She was knocked flat. Without instrumentation I had no way of knowing the speed but I suspect that the beginning of the blow was more than six knots.
The boat slammed, tore, ripped sideways across the water: Independent.
She was knocked flat: Independent
Without instrumentation I had no way of knowing the speed but I suspect that the beginning of the blow was more than six knots: Independent, coordinator, independent.
Caught by the sea, Page 42.
Complex:
Now I’m amazed to remember how much I missed the sea, because it hadn’t been a real part of my life between the ages of ten and seventeen, when I enlisted.
Now I’m amazed to remember how much I missed the sea: Independent.
…because it hadn’t been a real part of my life between the ages of ten and seventeen, when I enlisted: Subordinator, dependent.
Caught by the sea, Page 4.
Compound-complex.:
I didn’t care. I was completely enraptured by what had happened to me. I lowered the mainsail and sat peacefully drifting around in circles, feeling at home.
I didn’t care: Independent.
I was completely enraptured by what had happened to me: Independent.
I lowered the mainsail: Independent. And: coordinator. Sat peacefully drifting around in circles: Dependent.
Caught by the sea. Page 35.
Thursday, May 31, 2007
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The simple sentence here is indeed not a simple sentence. What is its sentence type and why?
Hello,
"The boat slammed, tore, ripped sideways across the water. She was knocked flat. Without instrumentation I had no way of knowing the speed but I suspect that the beginning of the blow was more than six knots."
Is this a compound sentence? it seems more than one sentence.
In your compound complex sentence there are three complete sentence.oOne is simple,one is complex and one is compound.But how do you say all three sentence together as a compound complex sentence and why?
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