Compound sentence
Explanation:
The sentence 'My cousins went to Mararison Island, but they didn't swim' is an example of a compound sentence.
A compound sentence is made up of two independent clauses. Using the example above, there are two independent clauses which is
- My cousins went to Mararison Island
- but they didn't swim
A compound sentence also has a coordinating conjunction ( for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) and a comma(,) or by a semicolon (;) alone.
