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Which of the following sentences is a compound-complex sentence?

Group of answer choices

a.Because we had limited time, we didn't read the last act of the play, yet we still enjoyed it.

b.Do you think we should start class now, or do you think we should wait for everyone else?

c.Dogs make the best companions, but my brother has five dogs and that's just too many.

d.I would have gotten the award for best attendance, but my attendance wasn't good enough.

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n 24. There was no ice cream in the large, white freezer, and they didn't have enough money to go to the store. Thus the option (C) is correct.

In 25. Because we had limited time, we didn't read the last act of the play, yet we still enjoyed it. Thus the option (A) is correct.

What are Compound Complex sentences?

Compound Complex Sentences are those sentences which two or more independent clauses depended upon two or more other clauses. For example: Although he wanted to study aboard but he couldn't go because his father didn't wanted him to go.

Thus in the first sentence option (C) is correct. and in the second sentence option (A) is correct

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Answer:

a. Because we had limited time, we didn't read the last act of the play, yet we still enjoyed it.

Step-by-step explanation:

A compound-complex sentence contains at least two independent clauses and at least one dependent clause. (The order is unimportant.)

dependent independent

Because we had limited time, we didn't read the last act of the play,

independent

yet we still enjoyed it.

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