Simple or compound sentence
hello all,i have a question here.What makes this sentence, "James cleaned and polished his brother's car." a simple sentence?isn't this a compound sentence made of two simple sentences of "James cleaned his brother's car" and "James polished his brother's car"?Please enlighten me.Thank you.
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gongpasir James | [ cleaned and polished ] | his brother's car. one subject | compound verb | one direct object = Simple sentence James cleaned his brother's car , | and he polished it, too. subject | predicate | , and | subject | predicate = Compound sentence It doesn't matter how many elements of the sentence are compound.
- gongpasir James | [ cleaned and polished ] | his brother's car.
- one subject | compound verb | one direct object = Simple sentence James cleaned his brother's car , | and he polished it, too.
- subject | predicate | , and | subject | predicate = Compound sentence It doesn't matter how many elements of the sentence are compound.
- The sentence as a whole can be simple anyway.
- The following are also simple sentences.
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gongpasirJames | [ cleaned and polished ] | his brother's car.
one subject | compound verb | one direct object =
Simple sentence
James cleaned his brother's car, | and he polished it, too.
subject | predica
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