Question

Combine the two sentences below into a compound sentence.

It’s the ninth inning. We are down by three runs.

Answer 1

‘It’s the ninth inning and we are down by three runs’ is a compound sentence.

Explanation:

• A ‘compound sentence’ can be defined as a sentence with at least 2 independent clauses which are having related ideas.  

• These independent clauses will get joined by a ‘coordinating conjunction’ such as nor, and, but, for, yet, so or by using a semicolon. Here, both the sentences are complete sentences.  

• In the given question, the sentences ‘It’s the ninth inning.’, and ‘We are down…’ are two complete sentences and are connected by coordinating conjunction ‘and’.  

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Answer 2

Explanation:

Combine the two sentences below into a compound sentence.

It’s the ninth inning. We are down by three runs.

It’s the ninth inning and we are down by three runs.