DOUBLE AND MULTIPLE SENTENCES

A Double sentence is one made up of two, a Multiple sentence of more than two Co-ordinate (that is, co-equal or independent) clauses.

Those conjunctions which are used for binding together the different clauses, of which a Multiple sentence is made up, are called co-ordinating.

Co-ordinating conjunctions are distinguished into:

(1) Cumulative (adding);

(2) Alternative (offering a choice);

(3) Adversative (expressing a contrast or a difference);

(4) Illative (drawing an inference).

The following examples will suffice:

(1) The sun rose with power, and the fog dispersed (Cumulative)

(2) Either he must leave the house or I (must leave the house) (Alternative)

(3) He called at my house, but I did not see him (Adversative)

(4) He came back tired; for he had walked all day (Illative)

Co-ordinate clauses can also be joined together by a Relative pronoun or Relative adverb, provided it is used in a parenthetical or merely continuative sense, and not in a restrictive or qualifying sense.

He met John, who was in London at that time (Continuative)

He met the man with whom he had made an appointment (Restrictive)

Contracted Sentences

Double and multiple sentences often appear in a contracted or shortened form, so as to avoid the needless repetition of the same word:

(a) When there are two Finite verbs to the same Nominative, the Nominative is not usually mentioned more than once, but it must be repeated in the Analysis:

(1) The sun rose and (the wind) fitted the sky with light.

(2) He called at my house, but (he) left soon after.

(b) When there are two Nominatives to the same Finite verb, the Finite verb is not usually mentioned more than once, but it must usually be repeated in the analysis:

(1) He as well as you is guilty (He is guilty as well as you are).

(2) Either this man sinned or his parents (sinned).

(3) He is poor, but (he is) honest.

(4) He is diligent, and therefore (he is) prosperous.

(1) Youth and experience are seldom seen together.

(2) Time and tide wait for no man.

(d) In such sentences as the following, two Nominatives are combined to express a simple idea, and hence the verb must not be repeated:

(1) Truth-and-honesty is the best policy.

(2) Bread-and-butter is one of the best of diets.

DOUBLE AND MULTIPLE SENTENCES

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