By Compound subjects, Clauses

A "while" clause usually answers the question "when," although it could have other uses. But that's the way we were using it in your example. So that makes the clause adverbial in function, modifying the verb. "Since" is more like "because," and would...

Hi, "Tyler Riggs is reportedly in serious condition and his passenger is in critical condition after a car wreck on Friday." Why is no comma needed after 'condition'? Is this an example of a compound subject? No. It's a compound sentence, with two independent main clauses joined by 'and'....

Hi, I moved to Singapore and got a teaching position at a small college. This is a simple sentence. It is easy to see, however, why someone might think that this is a compound sentence, since it contains the co-ordinating conjunction "and"; however, the conjunction actually joins two predicates...

Hi, I moved to Singapore and got a teaching position at a small college. This is a simple sentence. It is easy to see, however, why someone might think that this is a compound sentence, since it contains the co-ordinating conjunction "and"; however, the conjunction actually joins two predicates...

I moved to Singapore and got a teaching position at a small college. Oh my Gosh! This is a simple sentence. It is easy to see, however, why someone might think that this is a compound sentence, since it contains the co-ordinating conjunction "and"; however, the...

The word 'gerund' is going out of favour, with '-ing verb form' now preferred; the result, however, is the same: a gerund is an -ing verb form used as a noun.In your initial sentence, communicating effectively and anticipating customer needs are nonfinite clauses acting as nouns (in this case,...

1. Because the two types of power are separately stated in their entirety (rather than phrased as 'braking and engine power'), the speaker seems to be considering them, and the listener seems to be urged to consider them, two different items-- a compound subject-- which would require are. If...

You're welcome, Malory Here we go now with the new sentences: 1. Compound-complex. 2. Simple (what is compound in that sentence is the predicate, which has two heads or main verbs for the same subject). 3. Complex. 4. Compound-complex. 5. Complex. 6. Complex. 7. Complex. 8....