Is this right?
Saburu, a nurse’s assistant, walks to work at a local hospital; his friend, who is a factory worker, commutes twenty miles to work.
*complex sentence
The sentence is compound-complex. It’s correctly written and punctuated.
Compound, because it’s made of 2 independent clauses, joined by a semicolon.
Complex, because of the “who” clause.
Thank you! Anonymous 2
Yes, the sentence you provided is a complex sentence. It consists of two independent clauses and one dependent clause.
The independent clauses are:
1. "Saburu, a nurse's assistant, walks to work at a local hospital."
2. "His friend, who is a factory worker, commutes twenty miles to work."
These two clauses can stand alone as separate sentences.
The dependent clause is:
- "who is a factory worker"
This dependent clause cannot stand alone as a sentence because it does not express a complete thought. It relies on the independent clause to complete its meaning.
The combination of these clauses makes the sentence complex.