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Is the sentence simple, compound, or complex? Rip Van Winkle had slept for twenty years, and in that time many things had changed.

a. complex
b. compound
c. simple

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The correct answer is b. compound

This is because this sentence contains two independent clauses connected with a conjunction "and". It would be complex if one of the clauses had been subordinate and simple if there had been only one clause.


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