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kasiopeja01
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Can somebody help me with these sentenses?
He lay on his back and turned his eyes upon the retreating form.
Presently he struggled to his feet and started after the child.
The latter wandered in a perfunctory way toward his home, stopping at times to investigate various matters.
The dog lay down and prayed until the child had finished, and resumed his journey.
Are they simple, complex or compound? Thank you so much for all your help in advance.
22 Nov 2009
ballycastle1
Absolutely desperate, I would say.
Sorry, that �s not much help.
Ok,
1.
22 Nov 2009
ballycastle1
1.simple with compound verbs
2. simple again with compound verbs (nos 1 and 2 have no commas so aren �t compound sentences) 3. complex sentence.
4.compound?
Sorry - trying to do three things at once.
Open to correction!
22 Nov 2009
kasiopeja01
tahk you very much for your help. I still don�t know what to do with it. I really don�t like this grammar :-)
23 Nov 2009