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Hanuman_2000 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Wh-clause

Hello.

1. What I want is a cup of tea.

2.I do not know how to play it.

Are both sentences complex?

Thanks.
  

Top answer

hanuman_2000 What I want is a cup of tea No, it's a simple sentence. e. the subject What I want (a clause), a predicator (linking verb) is and the complement the cup of tea .

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  • hanuman_2000 What I want is a cup of tea No, it's a simple sentence.
  • e.
  • the subject What I want (a clause), a predicator (linking verb) is and the complement the cup of tea .
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hanuman_2000 What I want is a cup of tea
No, it's a simple sentence. It has all hallmarks of that, i.e. the subject What I want (a clause), a predicator (linking verb) is and the complement the cup of tea.
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It seems to me that a sentence that contains two clauses cannot be simple.
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fivejedjonIt seems to me that a sentence that contains two clauses cannot be simple.
It's not compound, nor complex so it seems to me that it's a simple one, isn't it?
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A simple sentence contains one independent clause. This sentence contains a fused relative clause, so it cannot be simple. As a relative clause is subordinate, this must be a complex sentence.
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fivejedjonThis sentence contains a fused relative clause, so it cannot be simple.
Right. I've overlooked it, indeed.
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