complex and composite sentences

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0 In the case of this sentence - "looking up smiling, she might have benn any pretty english girl, to please her i drank. Is the sentence a complex or a composite sentence.02br02br00is this a complex or composite sentence, i am a spanish student and from my understanding:02br02br00'looking up smiling' - is a dependat clause02br02br00'she might have been any pretty english girl' - seems like an idependat clause but i'm not sure02br02br00"to please her i drank" - this also seems like a independat clause, but my english friends insist it doesn't make sense so it might be a dependant clause.0-

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

0soory i made a mistake the sentence should read "looking up smiling, she might have bean any pretty english girl 01b00and02b00 to please her i drank0-

Anonymous · Answer

0looking up smiling - could simply be a phrase, i'm not sure02br
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00she might have bean any pretty english girl 01b00and02b00 to please her i drank - could be a compund sentence you'd have to have that shecked though0-

BarbaraPA · Answer

1i00To please her, I drank02i00 - this can stand alone as a sentence. I don't know why you were told otherwise. 0-

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