Question

Which of the following is an example of a complex sentence?

I want to go to sleep, but the little puppy wants to go outside.
Some people use social media every single day of their lives.
Because the monster jumped up without warning, the girl screamed.
He and his friends went to the store, and she hung out at home.

Answer 1

So normally a complex sentence would be when two or more sentences can be combined with a subordinating conjunction that explains the relationship between each idea. Some common subordinating conjunctions would be as, because, if or since. So do you think you could guess which one would be a complex sentence?

Answer 2

a?

Answer 3

I was leaning more towards C, an example would be

"Because my coffee was too cold, I heated it in the microwave."

The difference is that there is an independent clause at the end

Answer 4

gotcha! could you help with one more?

Answer 5

Sure I can try

Answer 6

He is an amazing cook, makes great paintings, and he is a loyal friend.

this needs to be revised to show parallel structure

Answer 7

would it be like
Hes an amazing cook, painter, and friend.

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Answer 8

Ok so to have a parallel structure you have to have the same pattern of words... and example could be Sam likes cooking, cleaning, and fishing. Because they all end in -ing

Answer 9

okay look at what i put

Answer 10

Yeah I think that would be correct

Answer 11

wait actually

Answer 12

i already submitted it oh well

Answer 13

John D. White—the school teacher—now, with his long beech switch always in his hand. It was not always the same one, either. Switches were brought in bundles, from a beech wood near the school house, by the boys for whose benefit they were intended.

to which sense would this apply to, seeing feeling hearing or tasting

Answer 14

oh ok but i think it was right

Answer 15

me too

Answer 16

could you help with that one

Answer 17

sure let me read it

Answer 18

Do you have a guess?

Answer 19

i dont tbh i dont understand

Answer 20

I think its asking like when you read that segment what is sense is the author trying to get you to feel?

Answer 21

so maybe seeing

Answer 22

In that case I would take out tasting and hearing

Answer 23

yeah I agree

Answer 24

what does explicit mean in english

Answer 25

not like the meaning of the word but when its asking you to find the authors use of explicit

Answer 26

clearly stated ?

Answer 27

What does the question say exactly?

Answer 28

but clearly stated would be correct. THe author would leave nothing to be implied