I did :D
In the sentence "Mom knows who ate the last piece of pie but she won't tell," the noun clause "who ate the last piece of pie" functions as the direct object of the verb "knows." It specifies what Mom knows, providing the information that completes the action of knowing.
The sentence "Mom knows who ate the last piece of pie but she won't tell" is structured as a compound sentence. It contains two independent clauses: "Mom knows who ate the last piece of pie" and "she won't tell," connected by the coordinating conjunction "but." The first clause includes a noun phrase ("Mom") as the subject and a verb phrase ("knows who ate the last piece of pie") as the predicate. The second clause also has a subject ("she") and a predicate ("won't tell").
The noun clause in the sentence is "who ate the last piece of pie." This clause acts as the object of the verb "knows," indicating what Mom is aware of.
The structure of the sentence "Mom knows who ate the last piece of pie but she won't tell" can be broken down into two main clauses. The first clause, "Mom knows who ate the last piece of pie," consists of a subject ("Mom"), a verb ("knows"), and a noun clause ("who ate the last piece of pie") acting as the object. The second clause, "but she won't tell," contains a subject ("she") and a verb phrase ("won't tell"), connected to the first clause by the conjunction "but."
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compound complex
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I will not eat that last piece of pie; I will not eat that last piece of pie; I will not eat that last half piece of pie.
The structure used in this sentence is a compound sentence. It consists of two independent clauses, "Mom knows who ate the last piece of pie" and "but won't tell," joined by the coordinating conjunction "but."
I did :D
compound-complex A+
he ate a piece when i made some for him at thanksgiving