Assignment #5

Sentences Type from Other blogs

1. Simple- “I was discharged from the army after nearly four years, most of it spent at Fort Bliss, Texas, in May of 1962.”(Page 5)
(http://chin-yin.blogspot.com/)
: This sentence is simple sentence because there is only one independent clause.

2. Compound - “The salt in the wood makes it slow to burn, and it was difficult to light. (Page.6) (http://englishwitheuphrasie.blogspot.com/)
: This sentence is consisted with two independent clauses, and there is one coordinator like “and”.

3. Complex - “The Sea was there, deep cobalt, immense, rising like a great saucer to the blue horizon, where it was impossible to see a defining line between water and sky.”(p.1) (http://alexjudeng.blogspot.com/)
: In this sentence, one independent clause and one subordinator “where” is in here.

4. Compound & complex - “I had closed the companionway, but hundreds of gallons went down into the boat and I could hear the twelve-volt bilge pump working to get rid of the water, putting out a little half-inch stream while gallons poured in through the louvered doors of the companionway. (p. 100)
(http://tinhsekhongphai.blogspot.com/): There are two independent clauses and one coordinator “but “and subordinator “while”.