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compound sentence:

is a group of words which has two or more ‘coordinate clauses’ connected by conjunctions, such as ‘and’, ‘but’, ‘or’, ‘not only…but also’ ‘either…or’, ‘neither…nor’, and connecting words, such as nevertheless, however, furthermore’, etc. e.g. He stood up and (he) walked to the door. ‘He stood up’ — coordinate clause ‘and’ — coordinating conjunction ‘(he) walked to the door’ — coordinate clause One important point we should remember is that in the ‘Compound Sentences’ the subject words and the conjunctions, when repeated, are not mentioned but understood.  Though those words are not said or written, they are there; they are omitted only to avoid repetition! e.g. She saw me and she waved at me and she called out my name. = She saw me, waved at me and called out my name.

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