College Composition / Unit 2 CMP 0038 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Compound Sentences
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The idea
A compound sentence joins two or more independent clauses of equal importance.
In practice
Join them with a comma and a coordinating conjunction, with a semicolon, or with a semicolon and a transitional word such as however.
Where people slip
Compounding works when the ideas really are equal; it flattens ideas when one should depend on the other.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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