Question

Describe the criteria for distinguishing compounds sentence from phrases.

Answer 1

We begin by defining the two.

A compound sentence

A sentence that is made up of at least two clauses with related ideas.

Examples

She went home crying, for she was disappointed with her friend.

She is always smiling for life has given her a reason to be happy.

A phrase

A group of words that express a concept and is used as a unit within a sentence.

Examples

The shocked guard looked at her in disbelief.

The phrase here is 'Shocked guard. '

Answer 2

A compound sentence is one which has to clauses, which are joined by a comma.

A paragraph is a combination of sentences which have something in common.

They are used to describe the same thing and have a common link.

One of the most basic difference is the presence of a single full stop in compound sentence while many full stops in paragraphs.