Is the sentence a simple or a compound sentence?

Suspension bridges may look dangerous, but most are actually quite safe.

A.
compound sentence

B.
simple sentence

Question

Is the sentence a simple or a compound sentence? 


Suspension bridges may look dangerous, but most are actually quite safe.
 
 A.
compound sentence
 
 B.
simple sentence

anonymous · Answer

Please help

tinylittlehelper · Answer

What do you think?

mehek14 · Answer

@rigger331 do you think it's simple or compound?

anonymous · Answer

@TinyLittleHelper Simple?

mehek14 · Answer

if you take out , but, do you have 2 different sentences?

tinylittlehelper · Answer

Um, a compound sentence has two sentences in it with the word and, but, or, or so in the middle separating them.

tinylittlehelper · Answer

EX:
Compound:
I ran as fast as I can, but the evil people captured me.
Single sentence:
Joan took the cookie from me in a flash.