SIMPLE PREDICATE ENLARGED

+Simple Subject and Predicate+--_Soldiers obey._

_Object_ added--Soldiers obey _orders_.

_Adverb_ added--Soldiers obey orders _quickly_.

_Phrase_ added--Soldiers obey orders quickly and _without

question_.

_Clause_ added--Soldiers obey orders quickly and without question

_because they are taught to do so_.

Combining our enlarged subject and predicate we have the sentence:

The enlisted soldiers in the trenches, who are doomed to die, obey

orders quickly and without question because they are taught to do so.

This is a complex sentence because it contains dependent clauses. We

might add another independent clause and make of this a compound

sentence. For example:

The enlisted soldiers in the trenches, who are doomed to die, obey

orders quickly and without question because they are taught to do so,

and _this is patriotism_.

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