Compound Sentence – Coordinating Conjunctions

A Compound Sentence is made up of two or more independent clauses. The clauses of a Compound Sentence can be  connected by means of the following Coordinating Conjunctions-

• Cumulative or Copulative Conjunctions

1. And – Work hard and you will succeed.
2. As well as – The cuckoo as well as the nightingale is a singing bird. (Note: Such a sentence is sometimes regarded as a complex sentence also. But it need not be so taken. The sentence, ‘He can write as well as you.’ is definitely a complex sentence, where ‘as well as you can (write) is an adverb clause of comparison.
3. Both…and – He was both beaten and kicked. (i.e. was kicked)
4. No less than – You no less than your brother are a rogue.
5. Not only…but also – He was not only arrested but also hand-cuffed.

• Adversative Conjunction 

1. But – He is thin but (he is) healthy.
   
2. However – He has broken the rules of discipline; however let him go this time.
3. Nevertheless – Everything went against his plans nevertheless he stuck to his resolve.
4. Only – You are free to go wherever you like; only see that you do not endanger yourself.
5. Still/Yet – He is very poor; still (or yet) he is not dishonest.
6. Whereas – You say one thing, whereas your brother says something else.
7. While – His wife spends freely while he is a miser.

• Illative Conjunctions

1. For – I cannot die in peace for I am a sinner.
2. So/So then/then – Truth prevails in the end so (or so then or then) let us be always truthful.
3. Therefore – It is getting late; let us start therefore.