Assignment 10A

Consider this passage from Brian’s Hunt:

A coyote, perhaps, brush wolf as they called them up north, or maybe a timber wolf, two wolves, one begging from the other.

What is the sentence type here, and why?

Original:

This is a compound sentence because it has two independent clauses and it connected with a coordinator “or”. The first independent clause is “A coyote, perhaps, brush wolf as they called them up north,” and the second independent clause is “maybe a timber wolf, two wolves, one begging from the other.”

Revision:

This is a complex sentence because it has one independent clause and one dependent clause. The independent clause is “as they called them up north,” and the dependent clause is “one begging from the other.”