Question
Which sentence is a compound sentence?
Before going to bed I stared out the window.
I tried taking a shower to warm up, but the shower water was freezing too.
When I got downstairs, my mom told me the snow was up to the top of the door.
I shrugged it off and went to sleep.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The compound sentence from the options provided is:
"I tried taking a shower to warm up, but the shower water was freezing too."
This sentence contains two independent clauses ("I tried taking a shower to warm up" and "the shower water was freezing too") connected by the coordinating conjunction "but."
"I tried taking a shower to warm up, but the shower water was freezing too."
This sentence contains two independent clauses ("I tried taking a shower to warm up" and "the shower water was freezing too") connected by the coordinating conjunction "but."