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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Compound and Complex Sentences/ Transitive Verbs

Hey. Can you please explain compound and complex sentences with examples? There are some sentences that seem like compound or complex but are actually simple. Please tell me how to identify these three sentences.

Another question that I have is of transitive and intransitive verbs. I know what they are but there is this sentence which confuses me.

" You got angry at your sister."

Is this transitive or intransitive?

  

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Anonymous compound sentences ~ two or more independent clauses connected by a coordinating conjunction ( and, or, but, ... ) Each clause has an explicitly stated subject and an explicitly stated predicate. Joe | went to the city , and Marilyn | stayed home .

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous compound sentences ~ two or more independent clauses connected by a coordinating conjunction ( and, or, but, ...
  • ) Each clause has an explicitly stated subject and an explicitly stated predicate.
  • Joe | went to the city , and Marilyn | stayed home .
  • (compound sentence) Sue and Lucy | went to the city .
  • (simple sentence with a compound subject) Tom | went to the city and bought a wristwatch .
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Anonymouscompound sentences

~ two or more independent clauses connected by a coordinating conjunction (and, or, but, ...)

Each clause has an explicitly stated subject and an explicitly stated predicate.

Joe | went to the city, and
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AnonymousYou got angry at your sister.

Intransitive. There is no direct object in this sentence.

CJ

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