Take the above sentences and use subordinate instead of co-ordinate conjunctions, and make complex sentences instead of compound out of each pair of simple sentences. For example:
- When the sun rises, the day dawns.
- The men work while the boys play.
KINDS OF COMPOUND SENTENCES
453. Compound sentences may be made up of two simple sentences.
Rewrite the following compound sentences, making of each sentence two simple sentences:
- The birds are singing and spring is here.
- He believes in war but his brother is against it.
- We must arouse ourselves or we shall be involved.
- He will not study nor will he allow any one else to study.
454. A compound sentence may be made up of a simple sentence and a complex sentence, joined by a co-ordinate conjunction. For example:
- John goes to school, but Mary stays at home in order that she may help her mother.
This compound sentence is made up of the simple sentence, John goes to school, and the complex sentence, Mary stays at home in orderthat she may help her mother.
455. Both parts of the compound sentence may be complex; that is, both principal clauses in a compound sentence may contain dependent clauses. For example: