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We spent our time relaxing on the beach, swimming in the sea and drinking coffee in the seaside cafes. ❤❤❤ How can I add conjunctions to this sentence above???
Thank you for making this easy to understand. I got bad grades in English throughout school, and now I am an author who pays way too much for editing! I'm working to reduce that bill.
Thanks for a great tutorial, Jennifer. I got 8/8. Question: Does this mean a comma cannot be used without a coordinating conjunction when writing a compound sentence ?
Do you have any suggestion for recommended books to teach the basics or english rules. Seeking to help my grade 5 improve her writing skills. I find your videos very helpful. Thank you.
Jenifer, regards from India. This is Pijush. In Grammar Books prevalent here, it is observed that sentences like "Morgan is intelligent and wise.", " William thinks and writes.", " John is poor but honest." are compound sentences as they are shortened forms of " Morgan is intelligent and she is wise.", " William thinks and he writes.", " John is poor but he is honest." respectively. Please share your opinion on this way of interpretation.
I'm confused with number 7. I see a dependent clause that's depending on the independent clause to make a complete sentence, so I'm looking at it as a simple sentence which is hard for me to see it as a compound sentence because it needs to be an (independent clauses + , conjunction + independent clause) or (independent clause + ; + independent clause relating to the same situation) to be a compund, so how does a (dependent clauses + ; + independent clauses) gets known for being a compound sentence and not a simple sentence? Please help me, I'm trying to understand
In your sentence example, "as" functions the same way as the coordinating conjunction "for". Your sentence makes perfect sense. However, "as" is considered a subordinating conjunction, so your sentence would be considered "complex" rather than "compound". I'll be doing a lesson on complex sentences later this week. (And compound-complex!)
It's a Compound... "I am poor" = independent clause, "but I am happy" also = independent clause (remember to always add a comma before the conjunction).......... "I am poor ( , but) I am happy"
