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Df2006 Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
Complex or Compound-complex?
(1) Will anyone be so kind as to help me analysis this sentence?
'He passed the test because he did all his assignments and studied hard.'
is this : ( independent clause + dependent clause + independent clause ) = compound-complex
Or : (indepdnent clause + dependent clause) = complex
Am I right to consider 'he did all his assignments and studied hard' a simple sentence ?
(2) Also, is the punctuation correct in the following sentence?
'My parents are coming tomorrow, but I hope they won't stay very long, because I have a date tomorrow night.'
Is it still correct if I leave out the second comma ?
'My parents are coming tomorrow, but I hope they won't stay very long because I have a date tomorrow night.'
Many thanks!
'He passed the test because he did all his assignments and studied hard.'
is this : ( independent clause + dependent clause + independent clause ) = compound-complex
Or : (indepdnent clause + dependent clause) = complex
Am I right to consider 'he did all his assignments and studied hard' a simple sentence ?
(2) Also, is the punctuation correct in the following sentence?
'My parents are coming tomorrow, but I hope they won't stay very long, because I have a date tomorrow night.'
Is it still correct if I leave out the second comma ?
'My parents are coming tomorrow, but I hope they won't stay very long because I have a date tomorrow night.'
Many thanks!
Top answer
1-- complex sentence: He passed the test -- independent clause because he did all his assignments and studied hard -- dependent clause with compound verb 2-- You need your second comma. htm ]When an adverbial clause comes later on in the sentence, the writer must determine if the clause is essential to the meaning of the sentence or not. A "because clause" can be particularly troublesome in this regard.
- 1-- complex sentence: He passed the test -- independent clause because he did all his assignments and studied hard -- dependent clause with compound verb 2-- You need your second comma.
- htm ]When an adverbial clause comes later on in the sentence, the writer must determine if the clause is essential to the meaning of the sentence or not.
- A "because clause" can be particularly troublesome in this regard.
- In most sentences, a "because clause" is essential to the meaning of the sentence, and it will not be set off with a comma: The Okies had to leave their farms in the midwest because the drought conditions had ruined their farms.
- Sometimes, though, the "because clause" must be set off with a comma to avoid misreading: I knew that President Nixon would resign that morning, because my sister-in-law worked in the White House and she called me with the news.
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1-- complex sentence:
He passed the test -- independent clause
because he did all his assignments and studied hard -- dependent clause with compound verb
2-- You need your second comma. A neat explanation:
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He passed the test -- independent clause
because he did all his assignments and studied hard -- dependent clause with compound verb
2-- You need your second comma. A neat explanation:
[url=http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar
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