I used the time while the coffee was brewing to brush my teeth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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C. Since time was running short, I hurriedly brushed my teeth while breakfast was warming up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Explanation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A complex sentence contains one independent clause and at least one dependent clause. In option C, the sentence includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Independent clause: “I hurriedly brushed my teeth.”
Dependent clauses: “Since time was running short” and “while breakfast was warming up.”
Option A (“I brushed my teeth while the coffee brewed.”) is a complex sentence but less complex compared to option C, as it contains only one dependent clause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Option B (“Time was running short, so I hurriedly brushed my teeth while breakfast was warming up.”) is a compound-complex sentence because it includes two independent clauses (“Time was running short” and “I hurriedly brushed my teeth”) and one dependent clause (“while breakfast was warming up”).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Option D (“I used the time while the coffee was brewing to brush my teeth.”) is a simple sentence with a subordinate clause (“while the coffee was brewing”), but it does not contain multiple clauses interacting in the way that a complex sentence does.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thus, option C is the best example of a complex sentence with multiple interacting clauses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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