Is the following a compound, complex or simple sentence: When water evaporates from the sea, it becomes fresh water.
To determine if a sentence is compound, complex, or simple, we need to analyze its structure.
In the given sentence, "When water evaporates from the sea, it becomes fresh water," there is only one independent clause, which means it is a simple sentence. A simple sentence consists of a single subject (water) and a single predicate (evaporates from the sea and becomes fresh water).
The sentence doesn't have any conjunctions like "and," "but," or "or," which would indicate a compound sentence. It also doesn't include any subordinating conjunctions like "because," "although," or "while," which would indicate a complex sentence.
So, based on its structure, the sentence "When water evaporates from the sea, it becomes fresh water" is a simple sentence.
This sentence has an independent clause: "it becomes fresh water."
It also has a dependent clause: "When water evaporates from the sea."
What kind of sentence do you think it is?