Simple Sentence

[aous02]

A complex sentence is by definition a sentence that contains one dependent clause attached to another indepedent clause.

* The below sentence is simple. I thought that the below underlined string of words is a dependent clause, but it's not. What is it then?

Eg: Bob and Sue went to the store on the corner near the center of town to buy groceries and to get some drinks for the party.

So, it this a simple sentence?.

Eg2: lying exposed without its blanket of snow, the ice on the river melts quickly under the warm march sun.

what function does the underline string of words hold?

[Clark]

A complex sentence is by definition a sentence that contains one dependent clause attached to another indepedent clause.

Not necessarily one. There can be several dependent clauses.

* The below sentence is simple. I thought that the below underlined string of words is a dependent clause, but it's not. What is it then?

Eg: Bob and Sue went to the store on the corner near the center of town to buy groceries and to get some drinks for the party.

This is a simple sentence.
The subject: Bob and Sue
The predicate: went

The underlined fragment is two homogeneous adverbial modifiers of purpose expressed by infinitive phrases.

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