compound sentence

In the compound sentence, there are two kinds of way and the first way or the first rule will agree with the later subject, and then the second way, or the second rule will agree with the former subject.

Rule (1) the  agreement of the later subject.

1.    Either …………, or………p o po.

2.    Neither………, nor………..

3.    Not only……, but also…………..

4.    ……….but………….

5.    ……….nor………

S   p  either….o or…o  po

S p neither……o or….o  po.

S p notonly…..o but also..o  po.

S p o ,but o po.

S p o nor…o  po.

Rule (2)  The agreement of the former subject with predicates.

S or s p o po.

S  other wise s p o po.

S together with  s p o po.

S beside s p o po.

S as well as s p o po.

S except  s p o po.

S with s  p o po.

Example:

Mg Mg or Su Su is a student at school.

Su Su  together with the boys was a clerk at Yangon.

Mg Mg as well as the girls has a car in Yangon.

U Ba beside Daw Hla helps other people.

We study English or Japanese in the class.

We know Mg Mg with U Ba or Daw Mya in Yangon.

Su Su is eating a cake with Mg Mg except Mu Mu.

Rule (3) The agreement of the subjects with both former and later in the compound sentence and coordinate conjunction as well as independent clause.

The agreement of one of two subjects to the following conjunction.

S p o po and s p o po.

Both s p o po, and s p o po.

S p o po and so s p o po.

S p o po, and then s p o po.

S p o po and if s p o po.

S p o po and also s p o po.

S p o po, and as s p o po.

Mg Mg is a student at school and he is very clever in English.

Mg Mg is a student at school and is very clever in English.