Complicated sentences
Hello, I have some problems when building two sentences.
I would like to know whether this sentence sounds natural or not:
What made all childhood and youth yearnings and desires disappear almost completely?
On the other hand, I don't know if I should use "is" or "are" in the following sentence:
...only a sense of depuration and a close to perfection clarity are/is left.
Thank you!
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There are Compound and Complex sentences. Firstly, two or more independent clauses make compound sentences. Secondly, two or more independent clauses make complex sentences. If you need guide in detail, you can contact me.
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It definitely does not sound like natural conversational English. However, if it is intended for literary purposes, then it ordinarily wouldn't sound natural. We often write literature at a higher lever than we speak conversationally in English (at least in the US). Similar to Robert, I might write the sentence as: "What made all the childhood and adolescent desires disappear almost entirely?" You can use disappear. It just depends what imagery you're trying to invoke.
For the second sentence it would be "are." It's a similar structure to saying "Only a chair and a blanket are left."
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Complicated sentences
Hello, I have some problems when building two sentences.I would like to know whether this sentence sounds natural or not: (It sounds stilted, so no, it's not natural. Not sure if you need to repeat 'youth' since it's implied in 'childhood'. 'Disappear' implies a complete eradication, so your construction seems odd. I tried to revise your wording and construction to improve upon the articulation of the thought... ).
What made all the yearnings and desires from childhood fade away to almost nothing? all childhood and youth yearnings and desires disappear almost completely?
On the other hand, I don't know if I should use "is" or "are" in the following sentence: (There are two subjects ("sense" and "clarity", so the verb should be plural).
...only a sense of depuration (desperation?) and a close to perfection clarity are/is left.
Thank you!
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