Compound sentences have more than one verb and contain ... They don’t make complete sense on their own. For example: George wanted to stay outside despite the driving rain and wind.
The example of an independent clause above ... The fox jumped over the dog and dashed across the field. A compound sentence consists of two or more independent clauses (or simple sentences) combined ...
President Joe Biden announced he would commute the sentences of 37 federal inmates on death row. Here's what that means.