A simple sentence may have a compound subject or even a
compound predicate. Sometimes, it might have both.
Jim ate
the peanuts. Simple sentence with one subject, Jim, and a simple predicate,
ate.
Jim and Janice ate the peanuts. simple sentence with a
compound subject, Jim and Janice
Jim and Janice ate and
burped the peanuts. simple sentence with a compound subject and predicate , ate and
burped- both subjects doing both actions
To make a compound
sentence, take two sentences and join them together with with a comma and an appropriate
conjunction OR put a semi-colon between the two
sentences.
Jim ate the
peanuts, but Janice burped in sympathy for
him.
Jim ate the
peanuts;Janice burped in sympathy for
him.
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