Compound Sentences

COMPOUND SENTENCES NUR HAMIZAH WAHIT NORANISA AHMAD INTAN NABILAH AHMAD FATIN LIYANA FADZIL NASRIAH HASHIM MD SABIQ MOHD NOOR ALI KHAIRI MAZLAN

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A compound sentence structure shows that two thoughts are connected and of equal importance:

Jenny hid the hen, and Benny tried (unsuccessfully) to hide the cow. Max maintained that the database needed restructuring, but Laura disagreed. • •

Remember these four important characteristics of compound sentences: A compound sentence is like a set of twins; each is a separate person, yet each is connected to the other with the same biological "make-up." That is, each has a subject, a verb, and words to complete the thought. Although they are joined by a linking word, each sentence of the compound is complete in itself and can stand alone.

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The two parts of the compound sentence need to be linked correctly, with a comma and then a linking word at the place where one sentence ends and the other begins. (Otherwise you will have a sentence error called a run-on sentence. Run-on sentences are typically compound sentences without the proper punctuation and/or linking word.)

3. Because there are two complete sentences in a compound sentence, each has equal weight in terms of the ideas being presented. That is, you may want to link sentences into a compound to show that their ideas are equally important.

4. The linking word shows the relationship between the ideas: and = the 2nd sentence contains the same type of idea but = the 2nd sentence contains an equal but opposite idea or = the 2nd sentence contains an equal choice so = the 2nd sentence contains an equally important outcome or result

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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.

COMPOUND DOUBLE • Finally the young man gave up the man / and headed back. • He said he had been hit / and cut by something moving in the water.

COMPOUND MULTIPLE • The scratches on his body looked painful / but not serious / as though he had scraped himself on a branch.

COMPOUND MIX • Flushed with anger ,/ the captain stormed off,/ hurrying towards town,/ anxious to reach Matawan before the shark did.

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