Compound sentence with adjective clause

Question

Wanted to know whether the following sentence is a compound sentence.

These apples look very red and juicy.

Specifically, can this sentence be read as below and therefore marked as a compound sentence?

These apples very red and these apples look very juicy

Yes, your second example is a compound sentence; at least it would be if you were to add the verb "look" to the first coordinate: These apples look very red and these apples look very juicy.But there's no adjective clause -- where did you get that idea from? – — BillJ, May 25 '17 at 07:47
Thank you. But, what about the first sentence? Is that a compound sentence? — ASHIS ROY, May 25 '17 at 08:30
No, it's a simple sentence. There is only one verb. Also, why do you think there's an adjective clause? — BillJ, May 25 '17 at 08:56
Thanks. Perhaps, because of 'red' and 'juicy'. Will 'look very red and juicy' be an adverbial clause because it tells us more about 'look'? Or will it be just the predicate? — ASHIS ROY, May 25 '17 at 09:09
"Look" is one of the verbs that can take a predicative complement. In "These apples look [very red and juicy]" the expression "very red and juicy" is not a clause but an adjective phrase functioning as a subjective complement -- it is ascribing the property of being "very red and juicy" to the subject "these apples". — BillJ, May 25 '17 at 09:22
A compound sentence is one where there are two independent clauses joined by a conjunction. These apples look red and juicy and those apples look rotten and awful. She looks nice but her sister looks stupid. — Lambie, Oct 18 '22 at 15:28

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 25 '17 at 07:30

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Yes! Compound sentences can stand alone when separated. You are right but with a little change:

These apples look very red
These apples look very juicy

The conjunction 'and' is in between 'red' and 'juicy'; so, you need to separate them.

answered May 25 '17 at 07:30

Maulik V

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 15 '22 at 08:08

The first sentence is a simple sentence, with an adjective phrase including two adjectives compounded with "and".

The second sentence is a compound sentence, or it would be if you repeated "look":

These apples look very red and these apples look very juicy.

The meanings of the simple sentence and the compound sentence are the same, but in practice you'd never use the compound sentence.

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