IV. Compound-Complex SentencesA complex sentence becomes a compound-complex sentence when a simple sentence is added to it; a compound sentence becomes a compound-complex sentence when a subordinate clause is added to it. A compound-complex sentence consists of at least two independent clauses and at least one subordinate clause.Task 4 : Compound-Complex SentencesAnalyze the following sentences using the marking system described in Task 1. In addition, put a * to the left of the coordinating words and ** to the left of the subordinating words. Add { } around the words of the subordinate clauses.
Example
I met a group of tourists, and they asked me where the museum is.
[S I] [V met] a group of tourists, * and [S they] [V asked] me {** where the [S museum] [V is]}.
1. My husband thought I should have apologized; after all, I was the one who had left the address at home.
2. Families lived in huts which they built themselves, but their children were not permitted to attend school unless they live in the dormitories.
3. If two persons experience exactly the same symptoms, one might shrug them off as a minor nuisance while the other might rush to a physician; there are great differences among people in their readiness to seek treatment.
4. Although not everyone accepts the theory, immigrants from Central and East Asia were probably the first inhabitants of North America, and their crossing from Siberia to Alaska brought the first humans to the continent.
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