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Kosmo Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

SENTENCE TYPE Simple or compound?

Dear Grammarians,

I have recently come across the term 'compound predicate' and apparently this is an example:

'The dog ate dinner and drank milk.'

Initially, I thought this sentence was a compound with two clauses joined by a FANBOYS co-ordinating conjunction: The dog ate dinner (1st clause) and drank milk (2nd clause). The subject has been ellipted and there is no pronoun as substitute.

Is this a simple sentence or a compound?

With thanks

Kosmo


  

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' Right. Kosmo . The subject has been ellipted and there is no pronoun as substitute.

— Mister Micawber

  • ' Right.
  • Kosmo .
  • The subject has been ellipted and there is no pronoun as substitute.
  • That's what makes it a simple sentence.
  • A compound sentence requires two independent clauses: ' The dog ate dinner, and he also drank milk.
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KosmoI have recently come across the term 'compound predicate' and apparently this is an example:'The dog ate dinner and drank milk.'

Right.

Kosmo. The subject has been ellipted and there is no pronoun as substitute.

That's what makes it a simple sentence. A compound sentence requires two independent clause

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