3. Consider this passage from Brian’s Hunt:
A coyote, perhaps, brush wolf as they called them up north, or maybe a timber wolf, two wolves, one begging from the other.
What is the sentence type here, and why?
Original answer:
The sentence type is simple because it has only one independent clause. The pronoun “they” functions as the subject and “called” functions as the verb.
Revision:
The sentence type is fragment complex because it has no independent clause and one dependent clause. The dependent clause is “as they called them up north”. The pronoun “they” functions as the subject and “called” functions as the verb. The subordinator is “as.”
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This is a fragment because there is no independent clause in it.So what do you mean by fragment complex?
This is a simple sentence because it has one independent clause. The subject is "coyote" and " brush" is the verb.
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