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Review: Sentence Structure, Answer 9.4

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Question:
The football game was cancelled because of the rain.
Answer:
The answer compound-complex sentence is not correct.
Explanation:
This is a simple sentence. The second part, because of the rain, is a phrase rather than a clause.