If a man love me he will keep my words
2007-03-04 07:16:18 · 6 answers · asked by Betty B 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
C.) Complex sentence
"If a man love[s] me" is the dependent clause.
"He will keep my words" is the independent clause.
Thus, the sentence is a complex sentence by definition.
Egad, I can't believe others think it is a simple or compound sentence.
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2007-03-04 07:21:43 · answer #1 · answered by Teacher Man 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The sentence is not properly punctuated. It is lacking a comma after the introductory (dependent) clause, which, by the way, is correct and is in the subjunctive, and a period at the end of the independent clause. As someone has already indicated, it is, of course, a complex sentence; however, it should be written as: "If a man love me, he will keep my words."
2007-03-04 07:32:17 · answer #2 · answered by texazlady 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Agreed that this is a complex sentence, dependent+independent. It does need a comma, but please note that this is a Bible verse. In the dependent clause, it uses the subjunctive case which allows what seems to be a wrong subject-verb agreement.
2007-03-04 11:12:57 · answer #3 · answered by Bob T 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
b. compound
if a man loves me; he will keep my words.
2007-03-04 07:20:02 · answer #4 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that sentence is not good grammar!!!! Its a simple sentence tho.
2007-03-04 07:19:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex_sentence
2007-03-04 07:19:18 · answer #6 · answered by scrabblemaven 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋