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Hanuman_2000 Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Compound sentence

Hello,

1. The team goes there and conducts regular classes.

Is the above sentence a compound sentence?
  

Top answer

Does it have two independent clauses?

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Does it have two independent clauses?
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Mister MicawberDoes it have two independent clauses?
How many verbs can you count?
How many subjects can you identify?
If there is more than one pair (subject, verb) then it's a compound sentence.
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Hello,

1.The team goes there and conducts regular classes.

Actually, the above sentence is from an exercise and it has been instructed to convert it into a simple sentence.

I have often enquired about the compound sentence on this forum because on many websites on internet, such kinds of sentences have been called a compound sentence. one such website of English ;
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hanuman_2000 such kinds of sentences have been called a compound sentence. one such website of English ;http://www.englishpractice.com/grammar/conversion-compound-sentence-simple-sentence /
That website is not distinguishing between
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hanuman_2000one such website of English
That website has a non-standard definition of 'compound sentence' in my opinion.

CJ
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CalifJimThat website has a non-standard definition of 'compound sentence' in my opinion.
I agree. I wouldn't advise using that site for instruction in grammar, especially if you expect to pass a standard English test.

This is a good video you can use for learning about compound sentences.

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