Asked by julie
Read the sentence.
There is a swimming pool in our backyard, but it contains no water.
This is an example of a
compound sentence.
compound-complex sentence.
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Compound sentence.
It has two independent clauses ("There is a swimming pool in our backyard" and "it contains no water") joined by the coordinating conjunction "but." There are no subordinate clauses, so it's not compound-complex.
It has two independent clauses ("There is a swimming pool in our backyard" and "it contains no water") joined by the coordinating conjunction "but." There are no subordinate clauses, so it's not compound-complex.
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