Each year, Americans eat 152 pounds of refined sugar per person; this is 24 pounds more than in 1970. a. simple b. compound c. complex **** d, compound complex
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Well, it seems like Americans have quite the sweet tooth. That's a lot of sugar! But to answer your question, the sentence in question is a simple sentence. It consists of just one independent clause, which is a complete thought on its own. So, no need for any fancy compound or complex shenanigans here!
The given sentence is: "Each year, Americans eat 152 pounds of refined sugar per person; this is 24 pounds more than in 1970." Let's break it down:
1. "Each year, Americans eat 152 pounds of refined sugar per person" - This is a simple sentence because it contains one independent clause, "Americans eat 152 pounds of refined sugar per person." It provides a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence.
2. "This is 24 pounds more than in 1970" - This is a dependent clause as it cannot stand alone as a complete sentence. It is adding additional information to the previous independent clause. Therefore, the combination of the two clauses makes it a complex sentence.
Hence, the correct answer is c. complex.
4 is dangling modifier but the rest are right
No, sorry, not c.
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