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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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Complex or compound clause, pls help =)
Hi to everybody!
I have a question to which I don't know the answer =)
"In the months since he had seen her, Cheryl had phoned him repeatedly but he had never returned the calls."
Is this a complex clause: In the months since he had seen her, | Cheryl had phoned him repeatedly but he never returned the calls.
In which case "it the months since he had seen her" would be a subordinate clause, and the matrix clause would have a deeper structure: Cheryl had phoned him repeatedly | but | he never returned the calls.
Or is it a compound clause: In the months since he had seen her, Cheryl had phoned him repeatedly | but | he never returned the calls.
I which case the first compound clause would have a deeper complex structure: "In the months since he had seen her | Cheryl had phoned him repeatedly.
I hope you understood everything... I know it's a little confusing =)
I would say that it's a complex clause but my professor says it's compound. So if sb would please explain... Thank you =)
I have a question to which I don't know the answer =)
"In the months since he had seen her, Cheryl had phoned him repeatedly but he had never returned the calls."
Is this a complex clause: In the months since he had seen her, | Cheryl had phoned him repeatedly but he never returned the calls.
In which case "it the months since he had seen her" would be a subordinate clause, and the matrix clause would have a deeper structure: Cheryl had phoned him repeatedly | but | he never returned the calls.
Or is it a compound clause: In the months since he had seen her, Cheryl had phoned him repeatedly | but | he never returned the calls.
I which case the first compound clause would have a deeper complex structure: "In the months since he had seen her | Cheryl had phoned him repeatedly.
I hope you understood everything... I know it's a little confusing =)
I would say that it's a complex clause but my professor says it's compound. So if sb would please explain... Thank you =)
Top answer
" main clause My Oxford Companion to the English Language gives these deifinitions Complex sentence - contains a main clause and at least one subordinate clause. Compound sentence - contains two or more main clauses. Compound-complex sentence - a compound sentence that contains one or more subordinate clauses.
- " main clause My Oxford Companion to the English Language gives these deifinitions Complex sentence - contains a main clause and at least one subordinate clause.
- Compound sentence - contains two or more main clauses.
- Compound-complex sentence - a compound sentence that contains one or more subordinate clauses.
- Accordingly, your example is a compound-complex sentence.
- Best wishes, Clive
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Hi,
"In the months since he had seen her, Cheryl had phoned him repeatedly but he had never returned the calls."
"In the months since he had seen her, subordinate clause
Cheryl had phoned him repeatedly main clause
but conjunction
he had never returned the calls." main cl
"In the months since he had seen her, Cheryl had phoned him repeatedly but he had never returned the calls."
"In the months since he had seen her, subordinate clause
Cheryl had phoned him repeatedly main clause
but conjunction
he had never returned the calls." main cl
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