Which of the following is a compound-complex sentence?

A. People who turn off their cell phones at the movie theater are respectful of the other people in the theater.

B. Mariella and her sisters always remember to turn off their cell phones in a movie theater.

C. As Mariella settled into her seat at the movie theater, she reminded her sisters to turn off their cell phones.

D. Mariella and her sisters went to the movies, and as they sat down, Mariella reminded her sisters to turn off their cellphones.

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Imani Foster

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8 June, 11:12

Which of the following is a compound-complex sentence?

A. People who turn off their cell phones at the movie theater are respectful of the other people in the theater.

B. Mariella and her sisters always remember to turn off their cell phones in a movie theater.

C. As Mariella settled into her seat at the movie theater, she reminded her sisters to turn off their cell phones.

D. Mariella and her sisters went to the movies, and as they sat down, Mariella reminded her sisters to turn off their cellphones.

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Chanel Waller · Answer 1

The answer is D. Mariella and her sisters went to the movies, and as they sat down, Mariella reminded her sisters to turn off their cellphones.

Compound-complex sentence at least has two independent sentence and one dependent sentence

Mariella and her sisters went to the movies - independent

and as they sat down, - dependent

Mariella reminded her sisters to turn off their cellphones. - independent