Read the paragraph, which is a summary of a slave narrative by Olaudah Equiano.[1] Robert King was a Quaker merchant and a kind man, and he treated Equiano well. [2] He used Equiano to work at a number of jobs for him, yet he also hired him out to other merchants. [3] A certain boat captain of King's, Thomas Farmer, often traveled between the West Indies and North America, so he needed Equiano's services. [4] Because Equiano had sea-going experience, he could be quite useful to Farmer.Which sentence in the paragraph is structured differently than the others?
Sentence 4 is a complex sentence: “Because Equiano had sea-going experience” is a dependent clause, and “he could be quite useful to Farmer” is the independent clause. Sentences 1, 2, and 3 each join two independent clauses with a coordinating conjunction (“and,” “yet,” or “so”), making them compound sentences.
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