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Identify whether if this sentence is complex, an exclamation, declarative, or interrogative.
The car broke down, but a rescuer van arrived within minutes. ----- Complex
This sentence is a compound sentence. It has two independent clauses:
The car broke down
a rescuer van arrived within minutes
Please study this site for the difference between compound and complex sentences.
http://www.eslbee.com/sentences.htm
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To identify whether the given sentence is complex, declarative, exclamation, or interrogative, we can break it down and analyze its structure.
The sentence: "The car broke down, but a rescuer van arrived within minutes."
This sentence contains two independent clauses joined by the coordinating conjunction "but."
1. "The car broke down."
2. "A rescuer van arrived within minutes."
Since this sentence contains two independent clauses connected by a coordinating conjunction, it is categorized as a complex sentence.
Therefore, your answer is correct. The sentence is complex.