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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

convert complex sentence to compound

how can I transform this sentence to compound form?
"Her parents lived in England during the war."
  

Top answer

Hi, It's not a complex sentence. It's a simple sentence, which means it has only one clause. Here is a compound sentence.

— Clive

  • Hi, It's not a complex sentence.
  • It's a simple sentence, which means it has only one clause.
  • Here is a compound sentence.
  • It contains two main clauses.
  • Her parents lived in England during the war, but she lived in Canada.
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Hi,

It's not a complex sentence. It's a simple sentence, which means it has only one clause.

Here is a compound sentence. It contains two main clauses.
Her parents lived in England during the war, but she lived in Canada.
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Hi
no, it's a complex sentence, because it has "during" adverb. During in this sentence means "while"

can we write into this form "Her parents lived in England and there was a war." ? I don't know
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A complex sent. consists of an independent clause (main cl.) and one or more subordinate (dependent) cl. subordinate clauses may be adverb cl., Noun cl.or adjective cl.
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AnonymousHino, it's a complex sentence, because it has "during" adverb. During in this sentence means "while"can we write into this form "Her parents lived in England and there was a war." ? I don't know
It is not a complex sentence. An adverbial phrase does not make it a complex sentence. You need two clauses: a subject and verb in a main clause, and a
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