english grammar

SENTENCES : SIMPLE, COMPOUND, AND COMPLEX Examine the following sentences:- His courage won him honour. The moon was bright and we could see our way. Night came on and rain fell heavily and we all got very wet. They rested when evening came. As the boxers advanced into the ring, the people said they would not allow them to fight. Anil called at 5.30 and I told him that you had gone out. We see that sentence 1 has only one Subject and one Predicate, Such a sentence is called a Simple Sentence. Def: - A Simple sentence is one which has only one Subject and one Predicate. [Or] A simple sentence is one which has only one Subject and one Predicate. Sentence 2 consists of two parts : The moon was bright. We could sec our way. These two parts are joined by the Co-ordinating Conjunction and. Each part contains a Subject and a Predicate of its own. Each part is what we call a Clause. We further notice that each Clause makes good sense ...