Monday, July 2, 2012

Compound sentences VS Complex sentences

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This is the first time the reader actually sees Holmes involved in killing someone.
Compound sentences:
1.He would  use chloroform, and she would feel nothing and awaken to the prospect of a new life as Mrs.H.H.Holmes.(p146)

2.She tried to pull his hand away, but he was prepared for this sudden surge of muscle stimulation that always precede stupor, and with great force clamped the cloth to her face.(p148)

3. These did not trouble Chappell, nor did the corpse on the table, for Chappell knew that Holmes was a physician.(p148)

4. Holmes possessed Julia now as fully as if she were an antebellum slave, and he reveled in his possession.(p146)


Complex sentences:
1. Though sexual liaisons were common, society tolerated them only as long as their details remained secret.(p146)

2.Other did see Julia again, although by then no one, not even her own family back in Davenport, Iowa, could have been expected to recognize her.(p149)

3.When Holmes next appeared, Mrs.Vrowe asked him where Julia might be.(p149)

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