Compound or Complex
Is the following sentence compound or complex?
I like the painting but not the way it is framed.
My professor and I couldn't agree on the same idea.
I said it was complex but the professor said it was compound.
Top answer
They all are compound sentences, as all coordinator conjunctions in your examples connect subjects or gerunds not the whole clause.
- They all are compound sentences, as all coordinator conjunctions in your examples connect subjects or gerunds not the whole clause.
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They all are compound sentences, as all coordinator conjunctions in your examples connect subjects or gerunds not the whole clause.
0A complex sentence consists of subordination, so there is no one in your sentences.
I think they all are simple sentences, as the coordinator in your examples don't connect clauses together. They only connect 'subjects' and 'object of verbs'.
0I like the painting but not the way it is framed.
You are right; it is a "complex" construction.
The second coordinate contains the subordinate relative clause "it is framed".
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