Which is a compound sentence? a) katie loves to hike in the woods, especially in the summertime. b) chloe loves to do research about dinosaurs, and she has a large dinosaur collection. c) nathan’s favorite game is “word now,” which requires players to guess words letter by letter. d) because jerome spent the day lying on the couch, he felt he had wasted it.

Read the excerpt from “strychnine in the soup,” in which mr. mulliner explains the ending of a mystery novel to a bar patron who is anxious to know the conclusion of the story. “the plumber forgot his snake and had to go back for it,” explained mr. mulliner. ‘‘i trust that this revelation will prove sedative.” “i feel a new man,” said the draught stout. “i’d have lain awake worrying about that murder all night.” explain how a student who did not know the meaning of sedative could infer its definition?