Compound Structures Miss Johnson

Compound Structures Compound Structure: a sentence with more than one subject, verb, direct object, prepositional phrase, or other grammatical structure These remain simple sentences because there is only one subject- verb unit

Compound Subject Mr. Schwalbach and his brother own a bookstore.

Compound Verb Mr. Kramer owns and manages a bookstore.

Compound Direct Object Mr. Brown owns a bookstore and coffee shop.

Compound Prepositional Phrase Ms. Cooney owns bookstores in Philadelphia and outside New York City.

Compound Structure Dr. Collings owns a bookstore in Philadelphia and a coffee shop in a New York City.

Compound Sentences

Compound Sentence Compound Sentence: a sentence made up of two or more independent clauses joined together by a coordinating conjunction, by a semi- colon, or by a semi-colon and a conjunctive adverb

Compound Sentences Joined by Coordinating Conjunctions FANBOYS: For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So Commas: Compound sentences joined by coordinating conjunctions almost always needs a comma before the coordinating conjunction Do not use a comma if the conjunction joins two subjects, two verbs or two phrases Use a comma to connect clauses EX: Mrs. Walters is funny, so she tells a funny tale.

Compound Sentence Joined by a Semicolon Place a semi-colon between two independent clauses EX: Mrs. Panabaker is funny; she tells a funny tale.

Compound Sentence Joined by a Semi-colon and Conjunctive Adverb Also known as adverbial conjunctions or transition words Conjunction adverb almost always followed by a comma Because they are adverbs, these conjunctions can move within an independent clause EX: Miss Johnson is funny; therefore, she tells a funny tale.