Build Language Skills: Grammar (Simple & Compound Sentences)
A simple sentence consists of a single independent clause. Although a simple sentence is just one independent clause with one subject and verb, the subject, verb, or both may be compound. A simple sentence may have modifying phrases and complements. However, it cannot have a subordinate clause.
EXAMPLE: Odysseus returned to Ithaca and took his revenge on the suitors. (simple sentence with compound verb)
A compound sentence consists of two or more independent clauses. The clauses can be joined by a comma and a coordinating conjunction or by a semicolon. Like a simple sentence, a compound sentence contains no subordinate clauses.
EXAMPLE: The suitors reveled in the hall; in the meantime, Penelope questioned the disguised Odysseus.
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