Question

What are compounds? Describe the criteria for distinguishing compounds from phrases. Illustrate your answer with examples.

Answer 1

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A compound sentence consists of more than one subject or predicate.We can identify a compound sentence by understanding that it is a combination of two or more sentences.

To identify a compound sentence in a paragraph we need to remember that they consist of two or more independent clauses which is joined by a conjunction remembering these points will help you to identify compound sentences in a paragraph.

For example:-

My family went to the park yesterday we had wonderful time,this sentence has two independent clauses with comma and a conjunction.