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Conclusion
I learned a lot about my topic during this course. Including: Within a composite sentence clauses may be joined by means of coordination or subordination, thus forming a compound or a complex sentence respectively.
Coordination is a way of linking grammatical elements to make them equal in rank.
The Compound Sentence
The compound sentence consists of two or more clauses of equal rank which form one syntactical whole in meaning and intonation. Clauses that are parts of a compound sentence are called coordinate, as they are joined by coordination.
Coordinate clauses may be linked together with or without a connector, in the first case they are joined syndetically, in the second case ― asyndetically.
From the point of view of the relationship between coordinate clauses, we distinguish four kinds of coordinate connection: copulative, adversative, disjunctive and causative-consecutive. The type of connection is expressed not only by means of coordinating connectives, but also by the general meaning of clauses conveyed by their lexical and grammatical content.
1. Copulative coordination implies that two events or ideas conveyed by coordinate clauses are merely joined in time and place.
The copulative connectors are: the conjunctions and, nor, neither ... nor, not only ... but also, as well as, both, and the conjunctive adverbs then, moreover, likewise, besides, again, further, thus and conjunctive particles also, too, even.
And is the conjunction most frequently used to realize copulative coordination. It may suggest mere additionЖ
Then she (Ellen) went home and wrote Brody a thank-you note for being so nice, and she also wrote a note to the chief of police commending young Martin Brody.
The events described in copulative coordinate clauses may be simultaneous or successive:
The Black Cadillac made its hunting sound through the night and the tyres sang on the slab and the black fields stretched with mist swept by (simultaneity).
The front door to the house opened, and a man and a woman stepped out on the wooden porch (succession).
Occasionally the second clause may contain some commentary on the previous clause:
She was familiar with the petty social problems, and they bored her.