Question

Which is a correctly punctuated COMPOUND sentence? A) The girl ran across the street and got the mail. B) The girl ran across the street, and she got the mail. C) The girl ran across the street because she wanted to get the mail. D) The girl ran across the street, got the mail, and returned to the hou

Answer 1

Answer: B) The girl ran across the street, and she got the mail.

Explanation:

A compound sentence is a sentence which consists of at least two independent clauses.

When we use a conjunction to join two independent clauses, we put a comma before it. In this case, the conjunction 'and' is used to join the independent clauses 1) "the girl ran across the street" and 2) "she got the mail." These two clauses form a compound sentence.