Is the following sentence a complex sentence?
As a result of showing my gregarious personaity, I have many friends.
No, it's not complex. Before the comma, there needs to be a clause, not a phrase.
Did you find my correction below??
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how about...
Now that I show my gregarious personality, I have many friends.
Excellent! Now both are clauses -- do you see why the first one did not have two clauses?
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Yes, I think. Is it because As a result.. isn't a subordinator?
Subordinating conjunctions are just one type of "signal" word for the beginning of subordinate clauses. Here are a few:
as
if
as if
as though
although
when
after
while
Scroll down for Coordinating Conjunctions: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/conjunctions.htm
Relative pronouns can also introduce subordinate clauses: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/pronouns1.htm#relative
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Thank you so much.
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