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I read and he studied at my house.Is this one sentence or two sentences?Could you help me clarify it?  Thank you always.

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deborahjeongone sentence or two sentences?

One sentence. Two independent clauses. I read. He studied at my house.
I think you want "at my house" to apply to both "I read" and to "he studied", but that complicates the analysis. I don't know what to call it. Personally, I avoid writing sentences like this, and I think others also avoid it.

deborahjeongCould you help me clarify it?

I think if you read the material on simple and compound sentences in the links below, you will understand it better, though I don't think this very basic information ever mentions the unusual structure that you quoted in your post.

Note that compound subjects can occur in simple sentences. Compound verbs can also occur in simple sentences. Don't confuse these compounds with what we call a compound sentence.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentence_clause_structure
http://www2.ivcc.edu/rambo/eng1001/sentences.htm
https://webapps.towson.edu/ows/sentences.htm

CJ

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