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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Complex compound or simple
Hi all,
I know I'm not alone in finding myself challenged in classifying sentences. I only have to speak to my colleagues! In trying to gain clarity and understanding, I can at times, just confuse myself further!
Would someone be kind enough to give me their opinion on which category the following sentences fall into, I'd be interested to see if it concurs with my thinking.
In my opinion the following sentences are all simple, although some may have compound verb predicates. Am I correct?
He stumbled and found himself back on the allotment.
He ran past the bike sheds, round the corner and onto the school allotment.
At first, he saw the wooden bench with cobwebs dangling down and dust settling.
Thank you for any enlightenment.
JP
I know I'm not alone in finding myself challenged in classifying sentences. I only have to speak to my colleagues! In trying to gain clarity and understanding, I can at times, just confuse myself further!
Would someone be kind enough to give me their opinion on which category the following sentences fall into, I'd be interested to see if it concurs with my thinking.
In my opinion the following sentences are all simple, although some may have compound verb predicates. Am I correct?
He stumbled and found himself back on the allotment.
He ran past the bike sheds, round the corner and onto the school allotment.
At first, he saw the wooden bench with cobwebs dangling down and dust settling.
Thank you for any enlightenment.
JP
Top answer
) That's my opinion, others may say that in the second sentence "he ran past" is ellipted in phrases "round the corner" and "onto the school allotment" thus making the sentence the compound one. Also, it may be argued that the "cobwebs dangling down and dust settling" are non-finite subordinate clauses (complements in the prepositional phrase "with cobwebs dangling down and dust settling") thus making the sentence the complex one.
- ) That's my opinion, others may say that in the second sentence "he ran past" is ellipted in phrases "round the corner" and "onto the school allotment" thus making the sentence the compound one.
- Also, it may be argued that the "cobwebs dangling down and dust settling" are non-finite subordinate clauses (complements in the prepositional phrase "with cobwebs dangling down and dust settling") thus making the sentence the complex one.
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"He stumbled and found himself back on the allotment." (A compound sentence.)
"He ran past the bike sheds, round the corner and onto the school allotment." (A simple sentence.)
"At first, he saw the wooden bench with cobwebs dangling down and dust settling." (A simple sentence.)
That's my opinion, others may say that in the second sentence "he ran past" is ellipted in p
"He ran past the bike sheds, round the corner and onto the school allotment." (A simple sentence.)
"At first, he saw the wooden bench with cobwebs dangling down and dust settling." (A simple sentence.)
That's my opinion, others may say that in the second sentence "he ran past" is ellipted in p
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