Question

Read the sentences.

The open spaces appealed to many.
The opportunities for independence also appealed to many.
Which uses a compound subject to combine the two sentences?

The opportunity for open spaces appealed to many.
Open spaces, opportunity, and independence appealed to many.
The open spaces and opportunities for independence appealed to many.
The open spaces appealed to many, and opportunities for independence did too.

Answer 1

Answer - The open spaces and opportunities for independence appealed to many.

In the sentence above, the individual subjects of the original two sentences (i,e "The open spaces" and "The opportunities for independence") are combined to give a compound subject. They are joined by the coordinating conjunction, "and".

Other coordinating conjunctions that can be used in forming a compound subject are: "or", "neither", and "nor".