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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Is this a simple sentence or complex?

Hi there.

Sentence:

"Sedimentary rocks, wherever they are, tell us
about ancient climatic conditions, and geological
events that happened in the area during the time
the sediments were deposited."

Is this sentence simple or complex? Not quite sure.
  

Top answer

How many subject-verb combinations are in the sentence? If only one, then it is simple.

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  • How many subject-verb combinations are in the sentence?
  • If only one, then it is simple.
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How many subject-verb combinations are in the sentence? If only one, then it is simple.
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So it's a simple sentence and the only "and" in the sentence is making the predicate compound?
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Sedimentary rocks, wherever they are, tell us (they + are) (rocks + tell)
about ancient climatic conditions, and geological
events that happened in the area during the time (that+ happened)
the sediments were deposited." (sediments + deposited)

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