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530.1 Compound Sentence

A compound sentence is made up of two or more simple sentences (also called independent clauses) that are joined by a coordinating conjunction, punctuation, or both.

Champ chases his tail, but he never catches it.

He chases tennis balls; he catches most of them.

530.2 Complex Sentence

A complex sentence contains one independent clause (underlined) and one or more dependent clauses (in italics).

Even though Michelle’s dog is goofy, she still loves him.

(dependent clause followed by independent clause)