What is the structure of the following sentence?

There were many talented actors present, and there were just as many agents to represent them.

complex

compound

simple

compound-complex

1 answer

The structure of the sentence "There were many talented actors present, and there were just as many agents to represent them." is compound.

This is because it consists of two independent clauses ("There were many talented actors present" and "there were just as many agents to represent them") joined by the coordinating conjunction "and". Each clause can stand alone as a complete sentence.