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Kooyeen wrote: Yoong Liat wrote: Yoong Liat wrote: There is / are a cat and a dog. (In AmE, both are acceptable.)Hi Yoong,I didn't know that, where did you find out it? I always thought "are" didn't sound very good. Maybe it's ok but it's not used much?Hi Kooyeen 'The...

Q1: No, I don't think there's any difference between A and B. Q2: In any setting, it's usually better to avoid repetition. A sounds more formal to me, but both A and B would work in formal writing. Q3: I think the verb should be "are" any time you have a compound subject with the word "and"....

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....