Grant 1.1 - First draft

Despite being a native English speaker, my English really needs to improve. It is a little embarrassing that I don't know and understand how sentences should be structured properly. In the example below, the instructor corrects a sentence stating that I should not split a compound predicate with a comma--what? (The instructor's comments are in red; there is lots of red!

Grammar Monster definition:
The predicate is the part of the sentence that makes a statement about the subject. The predicate usually tells us what the subject is doing or what is happening to the subject.
A compound predicate tells us two (or more) things about the same subject (without repeating the subject).

Example - Adam lives in Bangor and speaks Welsh. (This tell us two things about the subject (Adam).)

Compound sentences and subjects:

A compound predicate tells us at least two things about one subject. So, the following sentence is not an example of a compound predicate:

Adam lives in Bangor, and he speaks Welsh. (This is a compound sentence. It has two subjects (Adam and he). Each subject has one simple predicate.)

The following sentence is an example of a compound predicate: Adam and his brother live in Bangor and speak Welsh. (The predicate tell us two things about the subject (Adam and his brother). Even though it has two elements, this is one subject. It is called a compound subject.)

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