Identify the complex sentence from the choices below:

A. "Feasts must be solemn and rare, or else they cease to feast. " (Aldous Huxley)

B. "Tell the truth, work hard, and come to dinner on time." (Gerald R. Ford)

C. "You can put wings on a pig, but you don't make it an eagle." (Bill Clinton)

D. "Because he was so small, Stuart was often hard to find around the house." (E. B. White)

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Moses Logan

3 January, 12:04

Identify the complex sentence from the choices below:

A. "Feasts must be solemn and rare, or else they cease to feast. " (Aldous Huxley)

B. "Tell the truth, work hard, and come to dinner on time." (Gerald R. Ford)

C. "You can put wings on a pig, but you don't make it an eagle." (Bill Clinton)

D. "Because he was so small, Stuart was often hard to find around the house." (E. B. White)

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Kinley Edwards · Answer 1

C. "You can put wings on a pig, but you don't make it an eagle." (Bill Clinton)

Explanation:

A complex sentence is one that contains a subordinate or dependent clause that is joined by a coordinating conjunction.

From the answer above, the independent clause "You can put wings on a pig" is joined to the subordinate clause "you don't make it an eagle" by the coordinating conjunction "but"