Type of this sentence.

The girl who is wearing the black jacket is my sister. (=compoud sentence with a full relative clause )

The girl wearing the black jacket is my sister. (=compoud sentence with a bare relative clause )

Also note "wearing the black jacket"

Hi bigdream,
Both of them are correct. You're making a reduction by omitting "who is" in the second one.

IvanhrAlso note "wearing the black jacket"

That's fine if there is only one girl wearing a black jacket. Otherwise, as in the previous sentence, 'wearing a black jacket' is fine.

IvanhrThe girl wearing the black jacket is my sister. (=compoud sentence with a bare relative clause )

Hasn't "wearing the black jacket" become a restrictive participial phrase? Then, it is a simple phrase.

Please, I am interested in labelling the type of the two sentences.

Thanks.

You are making a reduction in relative clauses. That is all, big dream but it is a comprehensive topic. The same thing is applied in the simple present tense, the simple past tense and so on (the other tenses) or passive voices.

big dreamThe girl who is wearing a black jacket is my sister. Complex sentence

You may call it "complex". But in reality, it is a simple sentence with relative clause / (consturciton)

big dreamThe girl wearing a black jacket

dimsumexpress... in reality, it is a simple sentence with relative clause

That's what makes it a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex_sentence.

Then, the two sentences are complex:) I think that we can't make such a distinction like the first one is complex but the second one is simple or vice versa.

i uses my car

Anonymousi uses my car

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