TET Exam 2019,English - Sentence Structure 011
Compound Sentences:
🌟 A compound sentence is made up of two independent clauses joined by a coordinating or correlative conjunction.
The conjunction is not included when deciding if the clauses are independent. Coordinating conjunctions are
🌟 For
🌟 And
🌟 Nor
🌟 But
🌟 Or
🌟 Yet
🌟 So
Note: Coordinating conjunctions are easily remembered with the codeword: FAN BOYS The correlative conjunctions are
🌟 either...or
🌟 neither...nor
🌟 both...and
🌟 not only...but also
🌟 whether...or
🌟 An independent clause is a part of a sentence that can stand alone because it contains a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought. Basically, a compound contains two simple sentences.
Examples:
I ate breakfast, but my brother did not.
They spoke to him in Spanish, but he responded in English
Mary and Samantha arrived at the bus station before noon, and they left on the bus before I arrived.
🌟 The clauses in a compound sentence are joined together in three different ways. The three ways are
🌟 a comma with a coordinating conjunction(,)
Example:
The teacher gave the assignments, and the students wrote them down.
🌟 a semicolon(;)
Example:
The art gallery has closed for the day; it will open tomorrow morning.
🌟 a semicolon followed by a conjunctive adverb, which is followed by a comma.
Example:
The accident had been cleared, but the traffic was still stopped.
🌟 As writers become more proficient, they are allowed to omit the comma between two short independent clauses in a compound sentence.
Example:
The hero saved the princess and then he went home.
🌟 The words however, therefore and nevertheless are not conjunctions. They cannot be used to connect two independent clauses.
Example: He lost all his money; nevertheless, he is cheerful.
Note:
🌟 If we rely heavily on compound sentences in an essay, we should consider revising some of them into complex sentences.
🌟 Coordinating conjunctions are useful for connecting sentences, but compound sentences often are overused.
🌟 While coordinating conjunctions can indicate some type of relationship between the two independent clauses in the sentence, they sometimes do not indicate much of a relationship.
🌟 The word "and," for example, only adds one independent clause to another, without indicating how the two parts of a sentence are logically related. Too many compound sentences that use "and" can weaken writing.
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