0 a sentence made from two independent sentences joined by "and", "or", or "but", as in "Mary read and Tom slept."
1 a sentence made from two independent sentences joined by "and," "or," or "but," as in "Mary read and Tom slept."
Before one enters upon the study of punctuation, it is necessary for him to understand what is meant by an adjunct, a simple sentence, and a compound sentence.
In a compound sentence the object is to make two or more full statements.
It is generally confined to separating the parts of compound sentences.
The compound sentence contains two or more independent clauses.
The compound sentence is a combination of two or more simple or complex sentences.
This compound verb should not be confused with a compound sentence.
In this way, the truth value of the compound sentence is defined as a certain truth function of the truth values of the simpler sentences.
These operators can be attached to a single sentence to form a new compound sentence.
