CSEET · Business Communication · Essentials of Good English
Which sentence is correctly punctuated and grammatically a compound-complex sentence?
'When the auditor arrived, she began work, and the staff supplied the records' is compound-complex because it has one dependent clause and two independent clauses. The first option is only compound, the third is simple, and the fourth is just a fragment.
- AThe auditor arrived, and she began work.
- BWhen the auditor arrived, she began work, and the staff supplied the records.Correct
- CThe auditor began work.
- DBecause the staff supplied records.
Explanation
A compound-complex sentence has at least two independent clauses and at least one dependent clause. Here 'When the auditor arrived' is dependent, while 'she began work' and 'the staff supplied the records' are independent. The first option is compound, the third simple, and the fourth is a fragment.
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