Compound Sentences Rules to live by…

Compound Sentences Rules to live by

Review What does every simple sentence contain? A subject and verb that makes sense. What do we call a group of words that has a subject, verb and makes sense? An independent clause How many independent clauses does a simple sentence have? One

What is a compound sentence A compound sentences is a sentence made up of two complete thoughts. Each part of the sentence can stand alone as a complete sentence. Compound sentences are connected by two types of connectors, which we will talk about later.

Compound Sentences Example of compound sentences: The students finished class, and they went to lunch. Kevin did not want to hurt Kathy’s feelings, so he said nothing about her mistake. I want to see my sister soon, for she has been in Switzerland for two years.

What is the difference between compound sentences and SS VV simple sentences?

Things that are the same. Simple Sentences Compound Sentences Can have 2 subjects. Can have 2 verbs Can have 2 subjects Can have 2 verbs

What makes them different? The Formulas Compound Sentences Simple Sentences 2 subjects doing 2 thins at the same time: SS VV 1 subject is doing on action and 1 subject is doing a different action: SV SV Because of this difference a simple sentences with two subjects and two verbs can not stand alone.

Compare S S V The men and women met at the station and went to V dinner. Simple Sentence The men S to S metVat the station, and the women went dinner. V Compound Sentence

Compare S V V S The ducks and geese squawked and fluttered their wings. Simple Sentence S S V V The ducks squawked, and the geese fluttered their wings. Compound Sentence

Compare V S V Harry and Joe ate ice cream and drank pop. S Simple Sentence S V S V Harry ate ice cream, and Joe drank pop. Compound Sentence

How to combine two independent clauses We have two ways

First way A Coordinating Conjunction A word that is used with a comma to join two independent clauses

Coordinating Conjunctions , for , and , nor , but , or , yet , so

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Examples BASEBALL IS MY FAVORITE SPORT TO WATCH, BUT FOOTBALL IS MY FAVORITE SPORT TO PLAY. THE CHILDREN RAN ALL THE WAY TO SCHOOL, YET THEY WERE LATE ANYWAY. YOU WILL HAVE TO FINISH THE PROJECT, OR YOUR GROUP WILL GET A FAILING GRADE

Second way Semicolons Semicolons { ; } can also be used to join the two independent clauses of a compound sentence.

Examples Susan loves to swim; her brother likes to dive. Jason was highly respected; he was always such a nice person. The meeting was over; it was already midnight.