The clauses in a compound sentence still make sense on their own and so we use coordinating conjunctions, such as 'and', 'but' and 'so' to link them together. Complex sentences include a ...

The fox jumped over the dog whereas the cat ran around him. Compound-complex sentences combine a compound sentence and a complex sentence. These sentences contain two or more independent clauses and ...

Complex-compound sentences are made up of a combination of complex and compound sentences. The compound part contains two main clauses, while the complex part contains one or more subordinate clauses.