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Read the sentence a student wrote.

As he listened to the haunting notes of the song the author realized he had found the inspiration for his next suspense novel.

The teacher reviewing this sentence would point out that since this is a

complex sentence, there should be a comma after “song.”
compound sentence, there should be a comma after “realized.”
complex sentence, there should be a comma after “inspiration.”

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Correct answer: complex sentence, there should be a comma after “song.”

Explanation: The sentence begins with the subordinate (dependent) clause “As he listened to the haunting notes of the song,” which should be followed by a comma before the main clause. Corrected sentence:

As he listened to the haunting notes of the song, the author realized he had found the inspiration for his next suspense novel.