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A compound sentence can be converted into a simple sentence by reducing the number of
clauses to one.
Read the examples given below:
Compound: He got up and walked away.
Simple: Getting up, he walked away.
Here we reduce the clause he got up into the participial phrase getting up.
More examples are given below:
Compound: He must return the money, or he will be punished.
Simple: He must return the money to escape punishment.
Here we reduce the clause or he will be punished into the infinitive phrase to escape
punishment.
Compound: They not only looted the shop but also set fire to it.
Simple: Besides looting the house, they also set fire to it.
Here the coordinate clause they not only looted the house is reduced to the prepositional
phrase besides looting the house.
Compound: He ran away and thus escaped punishment.
Simple: He ran away in order to escape punishment.
Here the clause thus escaped punishment is replaced by the infinitive phrase in order to
escape punishment.
Thus we have seen that compound sentences can be changed to simple sentences by reducing
clauses to participial, prepositional or infinitive phrases.
Exercise
Convert the following compound sentences into simple sentences
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You must run fast, otherwise you cannot catch the train.
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Answers
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A compound sentence has two or more coordinate clauses. Hence it can be formed only with
the help of coordinating conjunctions.
By using and, bothand, as well as and not onlybut also
These conjunctions merely add one statement to another.
The man got up. He walked away.
The man got up and walked away.
He had many supporters. He also had several detractors.
Not only had he many supporters but also several detractors.
John got a prize. Tom also got a prize.
John as well as Tom got a prize.
By using but, yet, nevertheless, whereas
These conjunctions add two contrasting statements.
He is ill. He is cheerful.
He is ill but he is cheerful.
He is rich. He is unhappy.
He is rich, yet unhappy.
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A complex sentence has at least one main clause and one or moresubordinate clauses. The
subordinate clause may be a noun clause, an adjective clause or an adverb clause.
Forming a complex sentence with a noun clause
We need justice. That should be known to everybody.
That we need justice should be known to everybody. (Here the noun clause that we need
justice is the subject of the sentence.)
The above sentence can also be written with a preparatory it.
It should be known to everybody that we need justice. (Here the noun clause that we need
justice is used in apposition to it.)
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