Asked by John

What is a compound sentence?
Answered by Ms. Sue
A compound sentence is two sentences joined by <i>and, but, or</i>.

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.

Answered by Writeacher
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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