Compound subjects and compound sentences
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Is this a compound sentence? 'John and Hary sang well.'
This sentence can be resolved into two independent clauses: John sang well, and Hary sang well.
Wren and Martin grammar says that if a sentence with compound subject can be resolved into two independent clauses, it's a compound sentence. But I'm confused. Please clarify how to distinguish between simple and compound sentences when compound subjects or compound verbs have been used.
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Is this a compound sentence? 'John and Hary sang well.'
This sentence can be resolved into two independent clauses: John sang well, and Hary sang well.
Wren and Martin grammar says that if a sentence with compound subject can be resolved into two independent clauses, it's a compound sentence. But I'm confused. Please clarify how to distinguish between simple and compound sentences when compound subjects or compound verbs have been used.
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Is this a compound sentence? 'John and Hary sang well.'
This sentence can be resolved into two independent clauses: John sang well, and Hary sang well.
Wren and Martin grammar says that if a sentence with compound subject can be resolved into two independent clauses, it's a compound sentence. But I'm confused. Please clarify how to distinguish between simple and compound sentences when compound subjects or compound verbs have been used.
compound-sentences compound-subjects compound-predicates
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Is this a compound sentence? 'John and Hary sang well.'
This sentence can be resolved into two independent clauses: John sang well, and Hary sang well.
Wren and Martin grammar says that if a sentence with compound subject can be resolved into two independent clauses, it's a compound sentence. But I'm confused. Please clarify how to distinguish between simple and compound sentences when compound subjects or compound verbs have been used.
compound-sentences compound-subjects compound-predicates
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Your sentence is simple as it forms one complete idea.
The so-called "compound subject" is termed as "homogeneous" subjects.
As about the definition of compound sentences look this :
A compound sentence is a sentence that has at least two independent clauses joined by a comma, semicolon or conjunction.
An independent clause is a clause that has a subject and verb and forms a complete thought.
An example of a compound sentence is, 'This house is too expensive, and that house is too small.'
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[1] John and Harry sang well.
[2] John sang well and Harry sang well.
A lower-level distributive coordination like that in [1] can be expanded into a logically equivalent main-clause one, as in [2].
But that doesn't mean that [1] is a compound sentence; it's not. It's a simple sentence with one subject, "John and Harry", and the single predicate "sang well".
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Your sentence is simple as it forms one complete idea.
The so-called "compound subject" is termed as "homogeneous" subjects.
As about the definition of compound sentences look this :
A compound sentence is a sentence that has at least two independent clauses joined by a comma, semicolon or conjunction.
An independent clause is a clause that has a subject and verb and forms a complete thought.
An example of a compound sentence is, 'This house is too expensive, and that house is too small.'
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Your sentence is simple as it forms one complete idea.
The so-called "compound subject" is termed as "homogeneous" subjects.
As about the definition of compound sentences look this :
A compound sentence is a sentence that has at least two independent clauses joined by a comma, semicolon or conjunction.
An independent clause is a clause that has a subject and verb and forms a complete thought.
An example of a compound sentence is, 'This house is too expensive, and that house is too small.'
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Your sentence is simple as it forms one complete idea.
The so-called "compound subject" is termed as "homogeneous" subjects.
As about the definition of compound sentences look this :
A compound sentence is a sentence that has at least two independent clauses joined by a comma, semicolon or conjunction.
An independent clause is a clause that has a subject and verb and forms a complete thought.
An example of a compound sentence is, 'This house is too expensive, and that house is too small.'
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Your sentence is simple as it forms one complete idea.
The so-called "compound subject" is termed as "homogeneous" subjects.
As about the definition of compound sentences look this :
A compound sentence is a sentence that has at least two independent clauses joined by a comma, semicolon or conjunction.
An independent clause is a clause that has a subject and verb and forms a complete thought.
An example of a compound sentence is, 'This house is too expensive, and that house is too small.'
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[1] John and Harry sang well.
[2] John sang well and Harry sang well.
A lower-level distributive coordination like that in [1] can be expanded into a logically equivalent main-clause one, as in [2].
But that doesn't mean that [1] is a compound sentence; it's not. It's a simple sentence with one subject, "John and Harry", and the single predicate "sang well".
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[1] John and Harry sang well.
[2] John sang well and Harry sang well.
A lower-level distributive coordination like that in [1] can be expanded into a logically equivalent main-clause one, as in [2].
But that doesn't mean that [1] is a compound sentence; it's not. It's a simple sentence with one subject, "John and Harry", and the single predicate "sang well".
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[1] John and Harry sang well.
[2] John sang well and Harry sang well.
A lower-level distributive coordination like that in [1] can be expanded into a logically equivalent main-clause one, as in [2].
But that doesn't mean that [1] is a compound sentence; it's not. It's a simple sentence with one subject, "John and Harry", and the single predicate "sang well".
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[1] John and Harry sang well.
[2] John sang well and Harry sang well.
A lower-level distributive coordination like that in [1] can be expanded into a logically equivalent main-clause one, as in [2].
But that doesn't mean that [1] is a compound sentence; it's not. It's a simple sentence with one subject, "John and Harry", and the single predicate "sang well".
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