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Vsuresh Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

compound sentence

Hi
Please help me with this: Here is question from an exercise book.
Being tired he fell asleep.
This needs to be changed into a compound sentence.

The options given are:
a)He was tired and fell asleep.
b)He tires and fell asleep.
c)He was tired because he fell asleep. d
)None of these.

I chose d, but the key says it is a.

For a to be called a compound sentence it needs a subject for the second part of the sentence; that is He was tired and he fell asleep.

Am I correct?
  

Top answer

c)He was tired because he fell asleep. Am I correct? You are correct: d) is the correct answer.

— BillJ

  • c)He was tired because he fell asleep.
  • Am I correct?
  • You are correct: d) is the correct answer.
  • "He was tired and fell asleep" is not strictly speaking a compound sentence, which is broadly defined as a coordination of two or more main clauses.
  • It's actually a coordination of two verb phrases, "was tired" and "fell asleep", not two main clauses, though it can of course be expanded into the genuine fully-fledged compound sentence: "[He was tired] and [he fell asleep]".
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vsureshHiPlease help me with this: Here is question from an exercise book.Being tired he fell asleep.This needs to be changed into a compound sentence.The options given are:a)He was tired and fell asleep.b)He tires and fell asleep.c)He was tired because he fell asleep. d)None of these.I chose d, but the key says it is a.For a to be called a compound sentence it needs a su
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vsureshFor a to be called a compound sentence it needs a subject for the second part of the sentence; that is He was tired and he fell asleep.Am I correct?
Yes, you are.

CJ
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