“The teacher came to class and advised the students.” Is this sentence simple or compound. Argument for simple is it contains singular subject

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If it's not simple then how it's compound, as it contains a singular subject, as compound should have compound subjects and compound predicates joined by coordinating conjunction.

Best Answer

The teacher [[came to class] and [advised the students]].

is a simple sentence with compound predicate.

A compound predicate occurs in a sentence when multiple verbs apply to the same subject.

For information,

  1. A compound sentence is made up of two main clauses connected by a coordinating conjunction.

For example,

[The teacher came to class], and [he advised the students].

  1. A compound subject is a subject with more than one noun or pronoun as the subject of a sentence.

For example,

[The teacher and his assistant] came to class.

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