Combining two or more simple sentences into a single compound sentence!
Anthony C McHenry
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Anthony C McHenry
Language Professor English, Spanish and Portuguese / Highly qualified translator covering a broad variety of industries and sectors.
How to combine two or more simple sentences into a single
compound sentence!
If you are willing to do a few exercises on your own, please let me know, and I'll be glad to submit them via email: [email protected]
A simple sentence has just one clause. Two or more simple sentences can be combined by the use of
coordinating conjunctions. Common coordinating conjunctions are: and, but, or, yet, nor, for, so, as well as, not
only…but also.
Harry is smart. Harry is handsome.We can combine these two sentences into one in several ways:
- Harry is smart and handsome.
- Harry is both smart and handsome.
- Harry is smart as well as handsome.
- Harry is not only smart but also handsome.
More examples are given below:
He is slow. He is steady.
- He is slow but he is steady.
She was annoyed. She said nothing.
- She was annoyed but she said nothing.
- She was annoyed, yet she said nothing.
I will not oppose your plan. I cannot approve it.
- I will not oppose your plan; however, I cannot approve it.
He was all right. He was tired.
- He was all right; only he was tired.
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