The new sentence, Lion cubs are born with spots, but they lose their spots by the third month, is an example of a COMPOUND VERB.
Compound verb are verbs used in a sentence by a single subject.
The subject in the sentence is LION CUBS.
The compound verbs in the sentence are ARE BORN and LOSE.
The correct answer for the question that is being presented above is this one: "TRUE." <span>Structural grammar defines a sentence and parts of speech. This statement is true because structural grammar does define the sentence and as well as its parts of speech.</span>
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