what is a compound subject and what is a compound verb?

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what is a compound subject and what is a compound verb?

2006-09-13 13:17:54 · 2 answers · asked by lucky1188 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help

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When a verb has two or more subjects you can say that is a compound subject. Example: Annie and Mary got scared when they saw Sammy put frogs in his soup.
Annie and Mary compound subject scared - verb
When a subject has 2 or more verbs that is a compound verb.
example: Before mixing the ingredients for his world famous cookies Tommy swatted a fly.
Bobby- subject. swatted-mixing-- verbs.

2006-09-13 13:29:08 · answer #1 · answered by Boricua Born 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋

compound just means more than one
subject: Jenny and Mark went swimming. (2 subjects)
verb: Jenny went swimming and fishing. (2 verbs)

2006-09-13 20:21:34 · answer #2 · answered by justme 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋