During the Irish potato famine, about one million people died of starvation or related disease, and about two million people left in search of a better life.

What kind of sentence is this?

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During the Irish potato famine, about one million people died of starvation or related disease, and about two million people left in search of a better life. 

What kind of sentence is this?

anonymous · Answer

(a) complex sentence

(b) compound sentence

(c) compound-complex sentence

(d) simple sentence

I think it is D... somebody help :)

anonymous · Answer

It is actually C. It is compound because there are 2 independent clauses, and it is complex because there is a dependent clause!

anonymous · Answer

Ahhh i see thank youu :)

anonymous · Answer

sure thing :)