Is this sentence simple, compound, or complex? Explain your answer.

He often used foreshadowing to hint at unpleasant events to come.

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Yamilet

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21 October, 16:06

Is this sentence simple, compound, or complex? Explain your answer.

He often used foreshadowing to hint at unpleasant events to come.

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Barbara Owens · Answer 1

This is a complex sentence.

A compound sentence is two independent clauses joined by punctuation and/or a conjunction. A simple sentence consists of only one clause.

Complex sentences have a dependent and an independent clause. Either clause can be first, but if the dependent is first, a comma must join the two.

This is a complex sentence because -

There's an independent clause: He often used foreshadowing ...

And a dependent clause: ... to hint at unpleasant events to come.

Tori Tapia · Answer 2

It's simple because it's not combining two ideas and it is only expressing one idea

Is this sentence simple, compound, or complex? Explain your answer.He often used foreshadowing to hint at unpleasant events to come.

Is this sentence simple, compound, or complex? Explain your answer.

He often used foreshadowing to hint at unpleasant events to come.