Question:
3. Consider this passage from Brian’s hunt:
A coyote, perhaps, brush wolf as they called the up north, or maybe a timber wolf, two wolves, one begging from the other.
What is the sentence type here, and why?
Can somebody help me with this one, I think this sentence is incomplete but I am not sure about it so could you please explained to me.
Thank you.
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This sentence is not a complete complex sentence because it doesn’t have any independent clause but it has a dependent clause, “as they called them up north.”The subject is “they” and the verb is “called.” “as” is a subordinator in this sentence.
A coyote, perhaps, brush wolf as they called the up north, or maybe a timber wolf, two wolves, one begging from the other.
I think that this sentence it only a fragment sentence because it doesn’t have an independent clause, so it can’t be a complex sentence. There are two clauses in this sentence but they are dependent clauses. As I see the first dependent clause is “as they called the up north,” this clause is an adjective clause which describing the noun. The “as” describes the noun “brush wolf,” so it has active as a clause to the noun. The second dependent clause is “maybe a timber wolf, two wolves, one begging from the other,” which is another clause but I think that this clause he is prefers to something so it can’t be a complete thought. (If they anything wrong with my explanation; please let me know and I will look at it). ^-^
There is only one clause in this sentence which is “A coyote, perhaps, brush wolf as they called them up north”. “They called” is the only subject combination appearing in this sentence. It sure is a fragment like you said but that only dependent clause makes it more specific directing us to the right sentence type. See, a fragment does not have any dependent, independent clause or even a subordinator, however, a fragment-complex (FX) has at least one dependent clause, no independent clause which totally makes sense and perhaps a subordinator which is the case here in our original sentence where the subordinator is “as”.
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