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Types of Sentences

Simple Sentences

A simple sentence has only one independent clause (and states only one complete thought). However, it may have a compound subject or a compound predicate and still be a simple sentence.

My knees ache.

    (Simple subject, simple predicate)

Cory and I skated for two hours.

    (Compound subject, simple predicate)

My face and neck look red and feel hot.

    (Compound subject, compound predicate)

Compound Sentences

A compound sentence is made up of two or more simple sentences joined by a comma and a coordinating conjunction (and, but, or, nor, for, so, yet), or by a semicolon. (See page 489 for more about coordinating conjunctions.)

I’ve skated in Los Angeles, but I have never been to New York.

    (The conjunction but connects two independent clauses.)

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