What is a compound sentence?
A compound sentence is two sentences joined by and, but, or.
Examples:
I like lots of stuff on my pizza, but my brother wants only cheese.
Last weekend Dana went to a movie and she also studied for a test.
If you put two simple sentences together correctly, you have a compound sentence.
Examples
I was hungry. My mom made me a sandwich. ~~> I was hungry, so my mom made me a sandwich.
Jack ran up the hill. Jill came tumbling after him. ~~> Jack ran up the hill, and Jill came tumbling after him.
The ways to connect simple sentences to make compounds are these:
, and
, but
, or
, nor
, for
, so
, yet
;
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