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Finally, the last compound sentences that consist of four independent clauses which make it become a compound sentence. The first independent clause is joined
by a semicolon to the second independent clause. The second independent clause is joined by coordinator and to the third independent and also to the fourth
independent clause. Table 4.7
3.2.2.3. Compound sentences joined by Comma or other Punctuation.
The sentences below belong to compound sentence joined by comma or other
punctuation. No Compound sentence
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1. Nothing seems really to matter, that’s the charm of it.
15 2.
The Rat got hold of a sculls, shoved it under the Mole’s arm; then he did the same by the other side of him, swimming behind, propelled the
helpless animal to shore, hauled him out, set him down on the bank, a squashy, pulpy lump of misery.
22
3. The Rat went on composedly, picking himself up with a pleasant
laugh. 15
4. The Rat was sitting on the river bank, singing a little song.
25 5.
He shook the paws of both of them warmly, never waiting for an introduction to the Mole.
28
6. It’s only my way, you know.
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7. They found him in a short of trance, a happy is smile on his face, his
eyes still fixed on the dusty wake of their destroyer. 35
8. The Rat left the house, carefully examined the muddy surface of the
ground outside, hoping to find the Mole’s tracks. 45
9. The call was clear, the summons was plain.
70 10. We shall have to take it in turns to be with him, till the poison has
worked itself out of his system. 89
11. The sun was shining brightly, his wet clothes were quite dry again, he had money in his pocket once more, he was nearing home and friends
and safety, most and best of all, he had a substantial meal, hot and nourishing.
153
12. The terrible motor car drew slowly nearer and nearer, till at last he heard it stop just short of him.
155
13. He run up against things, he fell over things and into things, he darted under things and dodged round things.
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14. The willow-wren was twittering his thin little song, hidden himself in the dark selvedge of the river bank.
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There are 14 compound sentences found in the novel. Those sentences are compound sentence joined by a comma or other punctuation. The punctuation
function to join between two clauses or more clauses just like a coordinator does.
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However, there are only four sentences chosen as samples since they have different clauses that make them become a compound sentence and also they have different
punctuation that joined each clause. 1
Nothing seems really to matter, that’s the charm of it. 2
The Rat got hold of a sculls, shoved it under the Mole’s arm; then he did the same by the other side of him, swimming behind, propelled the helpless animal to
shore, hauled him out, set him down on the bank, a squashy, pulpy lump of misery.
3 It’s only my way, you know.
4 They found him in a short of trance, a happy smile is on his face, his eyes still
fixed on the dusty wake of their destroyer. The compound sentence 1 can be seen that it has two clauses. The two
clauses are the noun clause. The connector that joins the both clauses is a comma. The next compound sentence has seven clauses. Every sentence sometimes joined by
a comma and sometimes joined by semicolon. The first independent clause and the second independent clause are joined by a comma. Then the second independent
clause to the third is joined by a semicolon. And finally the third independent clause to the last independent clause is joined by a comma.
The compound sentence 3 has two clauses. Those two clauses are noun clause which consists of subject, predicate and object. One clause only has subject
and predicate and another one has a complete element. The two clauses are joined by a comma just like the first compound sentence. The last compound sentence has three
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independent clauses. Every independent clause has their elements. Subject, predicate, object and complement of those clauses. The subject has variations, the subject of the
first clause is a noun pronoun, the second clause is a noun phrase and also the third clause has a noun phrase as a subject. Those three clauses are joined together by
comma.
3.2.3. Complex Sentence
