A compound sentence is a sentence consisting of at least two independent clauses with a related ideas. These independent clauses must be joined together;
✓By the use of coordinating conjunctions between the two clause. Examples of this conjuction are; for, but, yet.
✓by combining two sentences that are complete to form a long sentence using semicolon to join the two clause.
Each of the independent clause must contain a verb and subject, which means they should be able to stand on their own.
Ponyboy suggests that the main difference was "money that separated us", but Cherry also thought that there was something more that made the groups different(38). According to Cherry Valance, the main dividing factor was how the two groups dealt with their emotions: "You greasers have a different set of values.
