Can a compound sentence contains more than 2 tenses?

Question

Can I use two verb-tenses in one compound sentence? For example: *"I sent an email yesterday, and are waiting the reply now"* Is it correct way in writing? Thanks

Answer 1

Hi, Mickey -

The verb tenses must agree in a compound sentence. In your example, you would write, "I sent an email yesterday, and I am waiting for the reply now."

Hope this helps,

Linda