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Vsuresh Posted 15 years ago
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Hi,
Is this sentence all right? I was expeccted to come out with a complex or compound sentence. I have attempted a complex:
After having toiled over the desert the famished traveller was highy delighted on seeing a bag but on opening it he found nothing but pearls.
Is this sentence all right? I was expeccted to come out with a complex or compound sentence. I have attempted a complex:
After having toiled over the desert the famished traveller was highy delighted on seeing a bag but on opening it he found nothing but pearls.
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You have constructed a compound-complex sentence, Suresh: After having toiled over the desert ( dependent clause) , the famished traveller was highly delighted on seeing a bag ( independent clause ), but on opening it, he found nothing but pearls ( independent clause ).
- You have constructed a compound-complex sentence, Suresh: After having toiled over the desert ( dependent clause) , the famished traveller was highly delighted on seeing a bag ( independent clause ), but on opening it, he found nothing but pearls ( independent clause ).
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You have constructed a compound-complex sentence, Suresh:
After having toiled over the desert (dependent clause), the famished traveller was highly delighted on seeing a bag (independent clause), but on opening it, he found nothing but pearls (independent clause).
After having toiled over the desert (dependent clause), the famished traveller was highly delighted on seeing a bag (independent clause), but on opening it, he found nothing but pearls (independent clause).
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