Question

While waiting for the paint to dry, Angela went to Home Depot, and Martin organized the

kitchen appliances.

Simple, Compound, Complex or Complex-Compound?
Justify your answer.

Answer 1

The sentence in question is a compound-complex sentence with two independent clauses and one dependent clause providing additional context.

Step-by-step explanation:

The sentence "While waiting for the paint to dry, Angela went to Home Depot, and Martin organized the kitchen appliances." is a compound-complex sentence. This type of sentence is characterized by having at least two independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses. Here, "Angela went to Home Depot" and "Martin organized the kitchen appliances" are the two independent clauses that can stand alone as sentences. The phrase "While waiting for the paint to dry" is a dependent clause that cannot stand alone and provides additional information about what Angela was doing. Hence, the sentence is compound-complex.

Answer 2

I’m 90% sure this is a complex-compound sentence as it contains 3 clauses, two independent clauses and one dependant clause.