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Since co-ordinating conjunctions bring two independent clauses together, i'm lil confused whether this is a correct statement: I went to Shimla and bought two sweaters.
Above in the sentence, we have "bought two sweaters" part which is a dependant clause which comes after the coordinating conjunction "and".
Please put some light on it.
Thanks in advance!
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I went to Shimla and bought two sweaters. There is only one clause in the sentence above. The "and" joins two predicates , not two clauses.
- I went to Shimla and bought two sweaters.
- There is only one clause in the sentence above.
- The "and" joins two predicates , not two clauses.
- If you want to make it a compound sentence, where "and" joins two independent clauses, then you have to write it like this: I went to Shimla and I bought two sweaters.
- Coordinating conjunctions can join any two equal lexical elements.
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I went to Shimla and bought two sweaters.
There is only one clause in the sentence above. The "and" joins two predicates, not two clauses.
If you want to make it a compound sentence, where "and" joins two independent clauses, then you have to write it like this:
I went to Shimla and I bought two sweaters.
Coordinating conjunctions can join any
0Ashu SharmaI went to Shimla and bought two sweaters.
It is one clause with a compound predicate.
On the other hand, if you say "I went to Shimla and I bought two sweaters", that is two independent clauses.
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