COMPOUND SENTENCE
A compound sentence contains two independent clauses joined by a coordinator. The coordinators are as follows: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so. (Helpful hint: The first letter of each of the coordinators spells FANBOYS.) Except for very short sentences, coordinators are always preceded by a comma. In the following compound sentences, subjects are in yellow, verbs are in green, and the coordinators and the commas that precede them are in red.
A. I tried to speak Spanish, and my friend tried to speak English.
B. Alejandro played football, so Maria went shopping.
C. Alejandro played football, for Maria went shopping.
The above three sentences are compound sentences. Each sentence contains two independent clauses, and they are joined by a coordinator with a comma preceding it. Note how the conscious use of coordinators can change the relationship between the clauses. Sentences B and C, for example, are identical except for the coordinators. In sentence B, which action occurred first? Obviously, "Alejandro played football" first, and as a consequence, "Maria went shopping. In sentence C, "Maria went shopping" first. In sentence C, "Alejandro played football" because, possibly, he didn't have anything else to do, for or because"Maria went shopping." How can the use of other coordinators change the relationship between the two clauses? What implications would the use of "yet" or "but" have on the meaning of the sentence?
CLASSIFICATION OF SENTENCES BY TYPES: declarative sentences interrogative sentences imperative sentence exclamatory sentences CLASSIFICATION OF SENTENCES BY PREDICATION simple compound complex compound complex
Compound sentences have more than one independent clause. Complex sentences have dependent clauses. Compound-complex sentences have both. (simple) My dog ate my homework. (compound) My dog ate my homework, so I had to think up a good excuse. (complex) My dog ate the homework that I left on the chair. (compound-complex) My dog ate the homework that I left on the chair, but fortunately I still had the outline that I had written.
Well, the usual sentence classifications are simple sentences, compound sentences, complex sentences, and compound-complex sentences. Simple sentences are the most basic kind, they consist of one independent clause. Compound sentences contain two independent clauses. Complex sentences contain an independent clause and a dependent clause. Compound-complex sentences contain at least two independent clauses and one dependent clause.
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Ottawa is the capital of Canada, but Toronto is the capital of Ontario.
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Simple, complex, compound, compound -complex are the kinds of sentences in English Language. A complex sentence has nothing to do with Islam or a Muslim.
1. simple 2. compound 3. complex 4. compound complex
Pay attention on subjects and verbs to identify simple sentences , you will then include subordinates and coordinates for compound sentences .
The two types of compound sentences are coordinated compound sentences, where independent clauses are joined by a coordinating conjunction, and subordinated compound sentences, where independent clauses are joined by a subordinating conjunction.