“Quick, Policles, quick!” he cried. “My pony is tethered behind yonder grove. A grey he is, with red trappings. Get you gone as hard as hoof will bear you, for if you are taken you will have no easy death.”
“No easy death! What mean you, Metas? Who is the fellow?”
<span>“Great Jupiter! did you not know? Where have you lived? It is Nero the Emperor! Never would he pardon what you have said about his voice. Quick,
man, quick, or the guards will be at your heels!” - This was the
conversation of Policles and his friend, Metas of Corinth</span>
Answer:
The sentence "You have nesting dolls" is a simple sentence.
No, "He showed the officers a hotel receipt and an airplane ticket as proof of his time in Buenos Aires" is not a compound sentence.
Explanation:
1. <em>"You have nesting dolls"</em> is a simple sentence as it has just one subject and one verb. Moreover, it also states a simple sentence, and completes a thought. Therefore, it is a simple sentence.
2. <em>"He showed the officers a hotel receipt and an airplane ticket as proof of his time in Buenos Aires" </em>This is not a compound sentence. Compound sentences have at least two independent clauses joined by coordinating conjunction along with a comma. In the given sentence, there is no comma and also contains just one independent clause. Therefore, the correct answer is no, it is not a compound sentence.
