Sentences are, in a grammatical sense, units of meaning made up of one or more words. There are no more reduced syntactic constituents that are capable of conveying logical propositions. Juxtaposed, on the other hand, is an adjective that names what is located immediately or next to a certain thing.
Juxtaposed sentences, therefore, are those whose propositions share a syntactic value but are not linked or linked, but appear in sequence with each other. The comma, the point and point and the two points are the most common separators (and, in turn, link) propositions forming this kind of sentences.
Let's look at an example. The expression “It's too late; Let's go home ”is a juxtaposed sentence made up of two parts (“ It's already late ”and“ Let's go home ”). Both propositions have a complete meaning (that is, they can be understood even when they appear in isolation). The semicolon allows you to juxtapose and shape the juxtaposed sentence.
What is meant is that the ideas of each proposition are linked, but without having to use a nexus. It should also be said that the above-mentioned propositions can not only be independent of each other, but can also form compound sentences. And all that without being affected by the juxtaposition at all.
Some clear examples of this are the following: “Eva was late to class, the teacher was offended, in all probability she will be expelled” or “Manuel is going on vacation in fifteen days. When I get back, we'll take a trip to school together. Beach. "
We can say, therefore, that juxtaposed sentences are one of the three types of compound sentences that exist. The other two are:
• Coordinated, who use union representatives, shaping five classes of sentences within them: disjunctive, adversative, copulative, explanatory and distributive.
• Subordinates, which are those that depend on another sentence that is considered main.
Example; My friend cooks, studies, draws, does anything. It is a compound sentence, as it has several different verb forms, specifically four. It is a juxtaposed sentence since the comma is the element that structures the sentence and because none of the actions expressed with the verb form has greater relevance than the rest. Another unique aspect of this sentence is the fact that the order it presents could vary and the meaning would not change (for example, my friend studies, draws, cooks, does anything).
