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A writer can say the same thing with a compound subject that he could otherwise say in two sentences.Ĭompound subjects are more effective and efficient than repeating singular subjects in multiple sentences.

Ham and cheese is on the restaurant’s menuĬompound subjects help writers avoid redundancy.

Spaghetti and meatballs is my mom’s specialty.

Meat and potatoes is what’s for dinner.

Peanut butter and jelly is my favorite kind of sandwich.

These compound subject include common pairings that make up one bigger thing. Some compound subjects are meant to be grouped together and take singular verbs.

“In conjunction with Mark” is a prepositional phrase it is not a part of a compound subject a singular verb is used.

Matt in conjunction with Mark attended the meeting.