Though the pirate captain lost her treasure map, she still found the buried treasure. (Rewrite as a
compound sentence.)
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Changing the given sentence into a compound sentence:-
The pirate captain lost her treasure map but she still found the buried treasure.
- sentences are of three types - simple, compound and complex.
- a simple sentence has only one independent clause.
- a compound sentence is formed of two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction.
- a complex sentence is formed of an independent clause and a dependent clause, joined by a subordinate conjunction.
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Though the pirate captain lost her treasure map, she still found the buried treasure : Rewrite as a compound sentence
- The pirate captain lost her treasure map but she still found the buried treasure.
- Here in the sentence 'but' confirms that it is a Compound Sentence.
- "A Compound Sentence is one that contains two or more principal clauses connected by co-ordinating Conjunctions. " _ Nesfield.
- Example : She had dopped but wouldn't admit it.
- Here 'but' is playing as an Adversative, Co-ordinating Conjunction. 'But' is used to mean contrast between two sentences.
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