What is a compound sentence? What is a compound word?

1 Answer
Mar 26, 2018

A sentence that has two independent clauses is called Compound sentence

Explanation:

In a compound sentences both independent clauses give complete meaning.They are usually joined by Comma or Coordinating Conjunctions

-Coordinating Conjunctions::
-F or
-A nd
-N or
-B ut
-O r
-Y et
-S o

-Compound Words
A compound word is a combination of two or more words used to give a single meaning.

-Types

=>Hyphenated Compound Words
=>Open Compound Words
=>Close Compound Words