Identify the following sentence as compound or complex, break the sentence into clauses, and write the kind of clauses: "I have lost the pain that I brought last evening."
Understand the Problem
The question requires identifying whether the sentence "I have lost the pain that I brought last evening" is a compound or complex sentence. Additionally, it asks for breaking the sentence into its clauses and identifying the type of each clause.
Answer
The sentence is complex. Main clause: I have lost the pain. Subordinate clause: that I brought last evening.
The sentence "I have lost the pain that I brought last evening" is a complex sentence.
- Main clause: I have lost the pain
- Subordinate clause: that I brought last evening (relative clause modifying "pain")
Answer for screen readers
The sentence "I have lost the pain that I brought last evening" is a complex sentence.
- Main clause: I have lost the pain
- Subordinate clause: that I brought last evening (relative clause modifying "pain")
More Information
A complex sentence contains one independent clause and at least one dependent clause. In this case, "I have lost the pain" is an independent clause because it can stand alone as a sentence. "that I brought last evening" is a dependent clause because it cannot stand alone as a sentence and it modifies the noun "pain."
Tips
A common mistake is to confuse compound and complex sentences. Compound sentences have two or more independent clauses joined by a conjunction, while complex sentences have one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.
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