Rewrite the following compound sentence as a complex sentence by changing the italicized clause to a subordinate clause harry drew near the fire, and he nearly singed his jacket.

When Harry was drawing near the fire, he nearly singed his jacket..

Explanation:

A complex sentence is formed with an independent clause that can stand by itself and a dependent clause that can not stand by itself even when it has all the parts of speech, in this sentence in a complex syntax we have the two kinds, dependent "When Harry was drawing near the fire" and independent sentence " he nearly singed his jacket.".