LESSON 62.

COMPOUND SENTENCES.

ANALYSIS AND PARSING.

+DEFINITION.--A _Compound Sentence_ is one composed of two or more
independent clauses+.

+Model+.--_War has ceased, and peace has come_.

War | has ceased
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| '
' and
'.....
'
peace | has ' come
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|

+Explanation of the Diagram+.--These two clause diagrams are shaded alike
to show that the two clauses are of the same rank. The connecting line is
not slanting, for one clause is not a modifier of the other. As one entire
clause is connected with the other, the connecting line is drawn between
the predicates simply for convenience.

+Oral Analysis+.--This is a _compound sentence_, because it is made up of
two independent clauses. The first clause, etc. ----.