Compound Sentences - How to Write and Punctuate Compound Sentences - Types of Compound Sentences

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Learn Compound Sentences with Exercise and Examples.
This lesson is on writing compound sentences. Remember the three types of sentences that you should already know. A simple sentence just has one independent clause. A compound sentence has two independent clauses. And this example shows you the two independent clauses joined with a comma and the conjunction and. A complex sentence has one independent clause and at least one dependent clause. Remember, these are some of the conjunctions that can be used with a comma to make a compound sentence. You join two independent clauses with these conjunctions, and this makes one type of compound sentence. There's another way to make a compound sentence and that's with transition words. There is one other type of compound sentence that you might use occasionally. In this type of compound sentence we only use a semicolon to join two sentences. Look at the first example. Susan is very healthy; she usually walks to work. Notice that these two sentences are very closely related. And we kind of have the meaning of and here. Susan is very healthy and she usually walks to work. Right? You can imagine that. When we have two sentences that are very closely related and have the idea of and, we can use a semicolon by itself to join the two sentences. Notice I don't have a conjunction or transition here. I'm just using a semicolon, and it has kind of the meaning of and. Look at the next example. The music was loud; everyone was dancing. Again, notice that these two sentences are very closely related. And we could imagine saying and here. When your sentences are closely related, you can join them with a semicolon. However, be careful that you do not use this method or this type of sentence too much in your writing. Maybe only one time per page, or maybe one time per paragraph, but not more than that. So remember, there are three types of compound sentences that you can put in your writing. The first type uses a comma and conjunction like and, but, or so. The second type of compound sentence uses a semicolon with a transition and a comma. Transitions are words like therefore or however. The third type of compound sentence uses a semicolon only. And remember you can only do that when the two sentences are very closely related.

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