Compound sentence example

Compound sentence: coordinate conjunctions (and, but, or, etc. ) or semicolon (; ) Connect two or more simple sentences together.

You help him, and he helps you.

The future is bright; The road is tortuous. The future is bright and the road is tortuous.

Classification of complex sentences

1 means two equivalent connection concepts, commonly used and, not only … but …, neither … nor …, and so on. take for example

The teacher's name is Smith and the student's name is John.

2, indicating choice, commonly used conjunctions are or, there … or …, otherwise, etc. Hurry up, or you will miss the train.

3, indicating a turning point, commonly used conjunctions are but, still, anyway, yet, while, when and so on. He is a short man.

Thick glasses, but he has a strange way to make his class lively and interesting.

4, indicating causality, commonly used conjunctions are so, for, there and so on. August is the best time of the year.

Harvest, so I work from dawn to dark every day.