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Read the sentence.

Because of the high winds, the fire may spread rapidly, and we have been ordered to evacuate.

What type of sentence is this?

a simple sentence
a complex sentence
a compound-complex sentence
a compound sentence

Respuesta :

a compound sentence.


In a compound sentence, simple sentences become known as independent clauses; the two independent clauses together make up a compound sentence. ... The second is a simple sentence consisting of one independent clause with one subject and two verbs (or one verb used twice)

Example:


A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.

I want to lose weight, yet I eat chocolate daily.

More examples here:

https://englishstudyhere.com/sentences/20-compound-sentences-in-english/

Answer:

A compound-complex sentence

Explanation: