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compound sentences

compound sentences is the plural of compound sentence.

Meaning of compound sentence

Noun

compound sentence (plural compound sentences)

  1. A sentence that contains two or more independent clauses, joined by a conjunction (such as 'but', 'and') or punctuation (such as ',').

Questions about compound sentences

What is compound sentences the plural of?
Compound sentences is the plural of compound sentence.

Words near compound sentences in the dictionary

  1. compound predicate word
  2. compound predicate words
  3. compound proportion
  4. compound proportions
  5. compound sentence
  6. compound sentences
  7. compound symbol
  8. compound symbols
  9. compound tense
  10. compound time
  11. compound word

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