Is this sentence a simple, compound, or complex sentence? We have called an interior decorator, but he is out of town until next week.

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Is this sentence a simple, compound, or complex sentence? “We have called an interior decorator, but he is out of town until next week.”

A	simple
B	compound
C	complex

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -A compound sentence is a sentence that has at least two independent clauses joined by a comma, semicolon or conjunction. There are no dependent clauses in a compound sentence. A complex sentence is a sentence that contains an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.

Detailed explanation-2: -Simple: Being ill, he could not attend the meeting. Complex: When/ As / Since he was ill, he could not attend the meeting. Compound: He was ill and he could not attend the meeting. Simple: Finishing her dinner, she went to bed.

Detailed explanation-3: -A simple sentence contains one independent clause. A compound sentence contains more than one! Put another way: a simple sentence contains a subject and a predicate, but a compound sentence contains more than one subject and more than one predicate.

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