2. Compound Sentences Compound sentences are structures of co-ordination with two or more
immediate constituents which are syntactically equivalent, i. e. none of them is
below the other in rank.
The process of
coordination involves the linking of structures of equal
grammatical rank — single words and phrases in elementary compound groups or
independent clauses in compound sentences. The coordinative conjunctions and
the correlatives serve to produce coordination by joining the grammatically
equivalent elements. Two or more clauses equal in rank can together be given the
status of a single sentence. Such co-ordinated units make up a compound sentence.
The formative words linking the parts of a compound sentence fall into the
following types:
