This type of sentence has a compound subject. The sentence can be simple, compound, or complex. Likewise the compound subject may be either singular or plural. For example, 'the boy and girl walked to school.', is a sentence that has a singular compound subject.
"The cat and the dog played in the yard."
A sentence with two or more subjects connected by the conjunctions "and" or "or" is called a compound subject.
a compound sentence
A sentence that has two or more subjects connected by conjunctions is known as a compound sentence. An example of a compound sentence would be: "Jane and Bob love science, but they do not like math."
My sister and her friend came for dinner. Jason or Tommy can spend the night.
Two or more subjects is called a compound subject. Any type of sentence (simple, compound, complex) can have a compound subject.Simple sentence: Bob and Kevin went to work.Compound sentence: Bob and Kevin went to work, but they had the day off.Complex sentence: After they realized that they had the day off, Bob and Kevin went to the beach.
a compound sentence
A sentence with two or more subjects connected by the conjunctions "and" or "or" is called a compound subject.
compound subject
A sentence that has two or more subjects connected by conjunctions is known as a compound sentence. An example of a compound sentence would be: "Jane and Bob love science, but they do not like math."
My sister and her friend came for dinner. Jason or Tommy can spend the night.
My sister and her friend came for dinner. Jason or Tommy can spend the night.
Conjunctions appear in sentences with multiple subjects, multiple objects, or multiple predicates, or in sentences with more than one clause (compound or complex sentences).
Two or more subjects is called a compound subject. Any type of sentence (simple, compound, complex) can have a compound subject.Simple sentence: Bob and Kevin went to work.Compound sentence: Bob and Kevin went to work, but they had the day off.Complex sentence: After they realized that they had the day off, Bob and Kevin went to the beach.
Two or more subjects is called a compound subject. Any type of sentence (simple, compound, complex) can have a compound subject.Simple sentence: Bob and Kevin went to work.Compound sentence: Bob and Kevin went to work, but they had the day off.Complex sentence: After they realized that they had the day off, Bob and Kevin went to the beach.
Words like 'and', 'but', and 'or' are called conjunctions. Conjunctions link together clauses and multiple ideas in a sentence. There are subordinating conjunctions and there are coordinating conjunctions. Subordinating conjunctions show the relationship between the dependent clause it is in and the other parts of the sentence; coordinating conjunctions join together two or more independent clauses, or phrases that can stand alone as they are.
The dog and the cat ran through the park, chasing each other.
A compound sentence is made up of two or more simple sentences. (Independent clauses) They are conjoined by coordinating conjunctions. Coordinating conjunctions can either be simple or correlative. Simple conjunctions: For And Nor But Or Yet So A helpful acronym to remember these is FANBOYS. Correlative conjunctions: both....and not only.....but either....or neither....nor