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compound sentence
noun
- a sentence containing two or more coordinate independent clauses, usually joined by one or more conjunctions, but no dependent clause, as The lightning flashed (independent clause) and (conjunction) the rain fell (independent clause).
compound sentence
noun
- a sentence containing at least two coordinate clauses
compound sentence
- A sentence that contains at least two independent clauses , often joined by conjunctions : “Dr. Watson explained his theory, and Sherlock Holmes listened quietly.” ( Compare complex sentence , compound-complex sentence , and simple sentence .)
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of compound sentence1
First recorded in 1765–75
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