Question

What type of sentence is this? -Rumor had it that for years, the government building had been plagued with problems. The man was not surprised when he found several BUGS in the corner of his room.

A) Simple
B) Compound
C) Complex
D) Compound-Complex

Answer 1

The sentence in question is a compound-complex sentence, as it contains two main clauses and at least one subordinate clause.

Step-by-step explanation:

The sentence "Rumor had it that for years, the government building had been plagued with problems. The man was not surprised when he found several BUGS in the corner of his room." is a compound-complex sentence. This is because it contains two main clauses: 'Rumor had it that for years, the government building had been plagued with problems' and 'The man was not surprised when he found several BUGS in the corner of his room', and it also contains a subordinate clause, which is introduced by 'that'. The presence of these multiple clauses makes it neither a simple, compound, nor complex sentence, but rather a compound-complex sentence, thereby making the correct answer (D) Compound-Complex.