Grammar help - Simple or complex sentence?

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Grammar help - Simple or complex sentence?

Grammar help - Simple or complex sentence?

Hello,

I need your opinion about the following type of situation:

"While he was running, he fell" is a complex sentence but what happens when the relative clause is reduced to "While running, he fell"? Is this a simple sentence now because there is only one subject and one verb?

I would appreciate any comments.

26 May 2018

Gi2gi

It is a complex sentence. The subordinate clause is expressed by a participle clause (while running).� Here�s a link with some info. http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/towards-advanced/unit-29/session-1 Giorgi

26 May 2018