THE COMPOUND SENTENCE

The CdS is a sentence which consists of 2 or more clauses coordinated with each other. A
clause is part of a sentence which has a subject and a predicate of its own. In a CdS the clauses
may be connected syndetically – by means of coordinating conjunctions or conjunctive adverbs,
or asyndetically.
Types of coordination: 1) Copulative coordination (соединительная связь) – with the help of
the conjunctions "and, nor, neither… nor, not only… but (also)" the statement expressed in one
clause is simply added to that expressed in another. 2) Disjunctive coordination
(разделительная связь) – with the help of the conjunctions "or, else, either… or" and the
conjunctive adverb "otherwise" a choice is offered between the statements expressed in 2
clauses. 3) Adversative coordination (противительная связь) – the conjunctions "but, while,
whereas" and the CA "nevertheless, still, yet" are connecting 2 clauses contrasting in meaning. 4)
Causative-consecutive coordination (причинно-следственная связь) – the conjunction "for"
introduces coordinate clauses explaining the preceding statement, the conjunction "so" and the
CA "therefore, consequently, hence, accordingly" introduce coordinate clauses denoting cause,
consequence and result.