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Stephany Rose Anajada Dacalos Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Complex, compound or simple
1. Trucks ranging from midsize to full-size were showcased to a total of 808,000 attendees.
2. Trucks ranging from midsize to full-size were among the 750 new vehicles showcased to a total of 808,000 attendees.
Please help me determine the sentence structures of the sentences above. Is it complex , compound, or simple sentence.
Thank you!
2. Trucks ranging from midsize to full-size were among the 750 new vehicles showcased to a total of 808,000 attendees.
Please help me determine the sentence structures of the sentences above. Is it complex , compound, or simple sentence.
Thank you!
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Both sentences have the form of an independent clause rather than of a coordination of independent clauses, as in I woke up and I had breakfast , so they aren’t compound. They do contain participial clauses, which are a type of non-finite clause. ) would then be called ‘participial phrases’, and since ‘complex sentence’ is a traditional term, your sentences would be classified as ‘simple’ rather than ‘complex’, unless the participials were (incorrectly) analyzed as ‘reduced relative clauses’ .
- Both sentences have the form of an independent clause rather than of a coordination of independent clauses, as in I woke up and I had breakfast , so they aren’t compound.
- They do contain participial clauses, which are a type of non-finite clause.
- ) would then be called ‘participial phrases’, and since ‘complex sentence’ is a traditional term, your sentences would be classified as ‘simple’ rather than ‘complex’, unless the participials were (incorrectly) analyzed as ‘reduced relative clauses’ .
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Both sentences have the form of an independent clause rather than of a coordination of independent clauses, as in I woke up and I had breakfast, so they aren’t compound. They do contain participial clauses, which are a type of non-finite clause. However, traditional grammar does not recognize non-finite clauses; ranging from… and showcased to… (in 2.) woul
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