Question

Explain what compound subjects and compound objects are?

Answer 1

Hint: We know that the subject is what is described in the beginning of the sentence, while the object in the sentence is anything that is associated with the subject or has a relation with the subject; it normally comes at the end of a sentence. Let us remember that the word ‘compound’ in general describes something that is made up of more than one word. So now we can guess what a compound subject or object means.

Complete answer:
Let us consider what a subject and object are first. If we are able to understand the verb of the sentence, then what comes before it will be the subject, meaning the action verb is being done by the subject.
Then an object is what comes in the predicate of the sentence, that which is affected by the action done by the subject.
We will talk about compound subjects and objects separately.
For compound subjects;
A subject which is composed of multiple words that perform the following verb then its called a compound subject. To take an example:
Reya and Janny are playing badminton.
Here Reya and Janny together form the compound subject, since they both are doing the verb ‘playing’.
For compound objects,
Similar to that of compound subjects, if there are multiple objects that are affected by the action performed, then it's called a compound object. An example;
My mom owns a Chanel bag and a Tommy Hilfiger bag.
Here Chanel and Tommy Hilfiger bags act as the compound object.

Note: Since we have talked about compound subjects above, let us discuss what ‘complex subjects’ are;
If a sentence is given, let us first look at the verb in the sentence. The verb would be an action that is done by someone or something, so whoever is doing that action is the subject. But consider this sentence ;The man who was dancing on stage started singing.
Here ‘The man who was dancing on stage’ is the complex subject, this is because it is composed with the noun ‘man’ in the centre.