First off, a compound sentence is a sentence that contains at least two independent clauses. That tells us <em><u>C</u></em> is out almost immediately because it has a dependent clause, "After Maria finished dinner". Next, is <em><u>B</u></em>, That's a simple sentence, there's no joining method or comma and it only has one subject and one predicate. D isn't right either, it just about the same as <u><em>B</em></u><em />. Your answer would be <em><u>A. Paolo missed his girlfriend, but he knew she'd be back soon.</u></em><u /><u /> This sentence has a joining clause, and two <em>independent </em>subjects.
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As time was elapsing, Chase was becoming fluent in the futile language. He had no purpose in learning German but his parents harassed him into it. Sure, his family was German and they visited once a year but they always spoke English when they were there. The whole ordeal irked Chase but he couldn't let his persistent parents down, their wishes not being granted was lethal to Chase as he just wanted to please them. But he continued to be evasive to the task.
This is what’s known as an open or polyamorous relationship.
B. There is no child named Charles, it is Laurie who was disruptive.
