Types of Sentence: 2. Compound Sentence

2. Compound Sentences

compound sentence refers to a sentence made up of two independent clauses (or complete sentences) connected to one another with a coordinating conjunction. Coordinating conjunctions are easy to remember if you think of the words “FAN BOYS”:

  • For
  • And
  • Nor
  • But
  • Or
  • Yet
  • So

Examples of compound sentences include the following:

  1. Joe waited for the train, but the train was late.
     
  2. I looked for Mary and Samantha at the bus station, but they arrived at the station before noon and left on the bus before I arrived.
     
  3. Mary and Samantha arrived at the bus station before noon, and they left on the bus before I arrived.
     
  4. Mary and Samantha left on the bus before I arrived, so I did not see them at the bus station.

A compound sentence consists of 2 or 3 clauses. It is when simple sentences are joined together either by using conjunctions or using semicolons.

Using coordinating conjunctions:-

Join 2 or 3 clauses by using these coordinating conjunctions to make it a compound sentence. For And Nor But OYet So

Example:-

While the figure for factories in Japan went up dramatically to 120,000 in 2010, the quantity in Korea plummeted to 12,000 at the same time.
Another challenge that is at least equal to the environment is the need to reduce poverty in less developed countries, and again there is no simple solution for this.
“On my last holiday, I went to Brighton. It’s a town by the sea.”
I went to Brighton for my last holiday, which is a town by the sea.”

Using semicolons

There is an instance when you can have a compound sentence structure without a coordinating conjunction, and this is when you join two clauses with a semicolon. Remember that these two clauses should have a relation.

Example:

IT and science are interrelated; they are two sides of a coin.
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