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Hanuman_2000 Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Sentence construction

Hello,

Reaching for the phone, he asked for the operator.

Is the above sentence a simple sentence?

Thanks.
  

Top answer

Thanks. No. It is a complex sentence with an ellipted subordinated adverb clause in it.

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hanuman_2000Hello,Reaching for the phone, he asked for the operator.Is the above sentence a simple sentence?Thanks.
No. It is a complex sentence with an ellipted subordinated adverb clause in it. In other words, (When he was) reaching for the phone, he asked for the operator.
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Hello,

1.Singing a silly song, we walked along the side walk.

Is the above a complex or a simple sentence?

Thanks.
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This is the same type as your previous example.
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