Grammar0081

"I do not remember to have ever met a slave who could tell of his birthday".  ( An American Slave )

It is compount sentence because it has two independent clauses and no dependent clause.

"I could not tell why I ought to be deprived of the same privilege."    ( An American Slave )

It is complex sentence because it has one independent clause and one dependent clause.

"They seldom come nearer to it than planting-time, harvest- time, cherry-time, spring-time, or fall-time."  ( An American Slave )

It is simple sentence because it has one dependent clause and no dependent clause.

" The louder she screamed, the harder he whipped; and where the blood ran fastest, there he whipped longest."  ( An American Slave )

It is compound complex sentence because it has two independent clauses, two dependent clauses, subordinator, and coordinator.

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