COMPOUND SENTENCE

NAME            : GITA NILASARI

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ENGLISH DEPARTMENT 2012 – A 

A.      COMPOUND SENTENCES

Compound sentences have two independent clauses. An independent is part of a sentence that can stand alone because it contains of subject, verb and expresses a complete thought. Usually, compound sentence contains of two simple sentences. The independent clause are combination by a conjunction (and, nor, but, or, yet, so, for).

Example:

They spoke to him in English, but he responded in Bahasa.

“This is also compound sentence that uses a conjunction but to separate two individual clauses”.

B.       INTERPRETING IDEA ABOUT COMPOUND SENTENCE (PARAGRAPH WRITING)

The most way for people to travel is by road, especially for short distance. It is cheaper than travelling by air.

They are many kinds of vehicles on the road such as car, pedicab, bikes, motorcycle, buses, and trains. We can choose one of them if necessary, or we can go by our own vehicles if we have one, but when many people drive their own motorized vehicles, it will cause traffic problems.

The government suggests that people use public transport to avoid traffic jams in many big cities. Now, the city bus fare is only about Rp. 5000, 00 for one trip, and of course everyone must obey the traffic regulation.