A simpleton is unintelligent, gullible, and acts like a fool. What is the best way to write the underlined part of the sentence? A. Leave as is B. acts unintelligent, acts gullible, and foolish C. unintelligent, gullible, and foolish D. unintelligent, gullible, and he or she acts foolish

Hello. This question is incomplete. The full question is:

A simpleton is unintelligent, gullible, and acts like a fool.

B. acts unintelligent, acts gullible, and foolish

Explanation:

Option B is the best way to replace the sentence underlined in the sentence shown above. This is because it allows the meaning of the original sentence to be maintained, but the sentence to be presented in a more succinct, elegant and direct way, going directly to the way a simpleton acts and how are the actions that this type of person presents.

sentences vary by structure as well as by function. there are compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences.

simple sentence

i like to read.

a simple sentence has one independent clause.

compound sentence

i like to read, and i also like to write.

a compound sentence includes more than one independent clause, connected by a coordinating conjunction (and, but, for, nor, or, so, or yet).

complex sentence

i prefer to read books that are bestsellers.

a complex sentence includes one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses. (a dependent clause is one that cannot stand alone.) types of dependent clauses include relative clauses (i kicked the boy who pinched me), adverb clauses (i am going home now because i have a curfew), and noun clauses (i don't know what to do next).

compound-complex sentence

although i prefer to read current bestsellers, i do like to read old agatha christie mysteries, and i also like some 20th-century science fiction.

compound-complex sentences take a bunch of clauses (multiple independent clauses, and one or more dependent clauses) and toss them together like a salad. although these sentences take practice to write in a grammatically correct fashion, they can hold a tremendous amount of meaning, and are common in academic writing.