Simple Sentences VS. Compound Sentences What’s the difference?

Simple Sentences One subject (either a single subject or a compound subject) One predicate (either a single predicate or a compound predicate)

We’ve got examples! The buzz of conversation stopped instantly. Gently she peeled off my sock and cleaned up the smear of blood. My face and ears burned. Readers matter here.

Compound Sentences These are DIFFERENT from a simple sentence that has a compound subject or predicate! It is made of TWO sentences combined together.

What do you mean “combined?” Combining two related sentences is as easy as 1-2-3! Use a comma with the words FOR AND NOR BUT OR YET SO to join two sentences!

Examples It was nine o’clock, and the halls were empty. Mr. Johnston came back, and the whispering stopped. I was a bit big, but neither of us noticed. She lived across the street, and she was almost as old as Jamie.

Can you combine them any other way? Use just a semi-colon ;

A Final Example… You weren’t supposed to grip the pen too tightly; it was complicated. Readers mattered here; I was a reader. I always cried; I always ran.