Why is the following sentence a compound sentence? My Aunt Felicia really likes to go to Florida on vacation, but my Uncle Henry would rather ski the slopes in Montana.

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Why is the following sentence a compound sentence? My Aunt Felicia really likes to go to Florida on vacation, but my Uncle Henry would rather ski the slopes in Montana.

My Aunt Felicia really likes to go to Florida on vacation, but my Uncle Henry would rather ski the slopes in Montana. This sentence is a compound sentence because it contains two independent clauses that are joined by a coordinating conjunction (but).

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My Aunt Felicia really likes to go to Florida on vacation, but my Uncle Henry would rather ski the slopes in Montana.
This sentence is a compound sentence because it contains two independent clauses that are joined by a coordinating conjunction (but).

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