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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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0 I would like to know if in the sentence below there are one or two sentences ( one main clause and one subordinate clause), and i would like some explanation about it.02br
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00Too many times I called him but no answer.02br
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00I think there is only one because there is only one VERB. 02br
00Thank you for your help.0-
  

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02br 02br 01font 00First,00 Too many times I called him but no answer02font 00. 02br 02br 00 00When you have a conjunction [but] or [and] in the sentence, typically it automatically make it a compound sentence instead of clause. However, in this case, [no answer] is not a complete sentence either.

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  • 02br 02br 01font 00First,00 Too many times I called him but no answer02font 00.
  • 02br 02br 00 00When you have a conjunction [but] or [and] in the sentence, typically it automatically make it a compound sentence instead of clause.
  • However, in this case, [no answer] is not a complete sentence either.
  • 00 00The context and sound of your sentence also weren’t quite natural either.
  • [01b 00too 02b 00many times] implies a negative annotation.
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0This is what I think...02br
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01font00First,00 Too many times I called him but no answer02font00. Do you mean [no ringing] or [no return call]?02br
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00 00When you have a conjunction [but] or [and] in the sentence, typically it automatically make it a compound sentence instead of clause. However, in
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