Comments on: What are simple, compound and complex sentences?

By: Phil Williams

Phil Williams — Tue, 03 Oct 2023 09:52:53 +0000

In reply to Osman Muhammad.

Hi Osman, that would be compound as you have two separate verbs, even if they share the same subject.

By: Osman Muhammad

Osman Muhammad — Thu, 28 Sep 2023 09:40:22 +0000

Hi, Mr. Phil.
Is ” Yesterday we went shopping but didn’t buy anything” a simple or compound sentence?

By: Phil Williams

Phil Williams — Mon, 03 Jan 2022 10:27:06 +0000

In reply to Amy.

As I’ve said before it would be best if you show your own thinking to help understanding – given the information in the article, why would you consider it to be compound or not?

By: Amy

Amy — Tue, 28 Dec 2021 19:05:54 +0000

In reply to Misha.

Hi, is this a compound sentence or not??

I was really hungry but I had to wait until lunch time

By: Phil Williams

Phil Williams — Tue, 23 Feb 2021 15:43:17 +0000

In reply to aiya.

As I’ve said in a comment above, I’d encourage you attempt this yourself from the information in the article; what do you think it should be?

By: aiya

aiya — Tue, 23 Feb 2021 12:39:33 +0000

You should overlook his fault as it would be an act of generosity on your part. (what is it simple, complex, compound, or compound-complex?

By: Phil Williams

Phil Williams — Wed, 10 Feb 2021 15:47:34 +0000

In reply to chellastonprince.

Good question – that’s a truncated sentence, really, the result being a sentence that doesn’t stick to the rules so doesn’t fit the typical classifications. It’s because we remove words from headlines for newspapers and such, as I’ve covered in this article on headline grammar rules. If we expanded the sentence to be grammatically correct, it would be something like “[There is] fury as Covid-riddled Northumbrian visits Downing Street”, which would be complex, but in its current form I’d sooner describe it as a headline than try to label it as a particular type of sentence.

By: chellastonprince

chellastonprince — Tue, 09 Feb 2021 23:10:40 +0000

Is ‘Fury as Covid-riddled Northumbrian visits Downing Street’ a noun-phrase or a complex sentence?

By: Phil Williams

Phil Williams — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 17:52:50 +0000

For future comments: if you’d like to check your understanding of an example sentence type, please let me know what type you think it is/your reasoning, and I can tell you if it’s right or not. The information is given in this article for learners to help themselves, after all.

By: Phil Williams

Phil Williams — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 17:52:03 +0000

In reply to Lai.

Both of these are complex as they include dependent clauses.