Question

Is this sentence simple, compound, or complex? Explain your answer.

He often used foreshadowing to hint at unpleasant events to come.​

Answer 1

This is a complex sentence.

A compound sentence is two independent clauses joined by punctuation and/or a conjunction. A simple sentence consists of only one clause.

Complex sentences have a dependent and an independent clause. Either clause can be first, but if the dependent is first, a comma must join the two.

This is a complex sentence because -

There's an independent clause: He often used foreshadowing...

And a dependent clause: ...to hint at unpleasant events to come.

Answer 2

it’s simple because it’s not combining two ideas and it is only expressing one idea