Question

Original sentences: Sir Edmund was anxious to explore Antarctica. So was his son, Cecil. Combined sentence: Sir Edmund and his son, Cecil, were anxious to explore Antarctica. Does the combined sentence use a compound subject, compound verb, or compound object?

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Your answer here will be A. Compound Subject

Answer 2

The combined sentence uses a compound subject.

Explanation

The subject of a sentence is said to be the protagonist.

It maybe a person, place, or idea. compound subject using sentences has multiple subjects (two or more) joined by 'and' or 'or'.

When using multiple subjects, the use of subject-verb agreement is important to express the proper idea of the sentence.

Here, Sir Edmund and Cecil are subjects.

As there are two subjects, this is a sentence that uses two subjects, hence it is a compound subject.