compound sentence
a sentence containing two or more coordinate independent clauses, usually joined by one or more conjunctions, but no dependent clause, as The lightning flashed (independent clause) and (conjunction) the rain fell (independent clause).
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How to use compound sentence in a sentence
Remember that the independent clauses of a compound sentence are very nearly the same as simple sentences.
English: Composition and Literature | W. F. (William Franklin) WebsterThe following sentences illustrate the common relations that may exist between the clauses of a compound sentence.
English: Composition and Literature | W. F. (William Franklin) WebsterThere is another condition which masses many details into one compound sentence.
English: Composition and Literature | W. F. (William Franklin) WebsterWhat one of the relations of a compound sentence does the second part bear to the first?
English: Composition and Literature | W. F. (William Franklin) WebsterIn a compound sentence the object is to make two or more full statements.
An English Grammar | W. M. Baskervill and J. W. Sewell
British Dictionary definitions for compound sentence
a sentence containing at least two coordinate clauses
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for compound sentence
A sentence that contains at least two independent clauses, often joined by conjunctions: “Dr. Watson explained his theory, and Sherlock Holmes listened quietly.” (Compare complex sentence, compound-complex sentence, and simple sentence.)
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