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"He runs after money and wants to enjoy power"

Identify whether this sentence is a simple/ compound/ complex sentence!​

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Answer:

Simple sentence

Step-by-step explanation:

Every sentence must contain a subject and a predicate and express a complete thought. Independent clauses contain all of these elements, which is why they can stand alone as sentences. Dependent clauses don't, which is why they can't stand alone.

A simple sentence is a sentence that consists of one independent clause. That is the case in the given example. The subject is he and the predicate is runs after money and wants to enjoy power. Since the sentence has only one subject-predicate pair, it consists of one independent clause. That makes it a simple sentence.

Compound sentences are sentences that consist of at least two independent clauses.

Complex sentences are sentences that consist of one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.

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