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Coordinating Conjunctions
(similar ideas)
For And Nor But Or Yet So = FANBOYS
Use the FANBOYS formula to combine independent clauses:
Subject + Predicate, {FANBOYS} Subject + Predicate
[pic]• Adding a subordinating conjunction:

After Bob went to the store, he bought some apples.
Bob bought some apples after he went to the store.
Adding a subordinating conjunctionto one of the two independent clauses creates an independent clause and a dependent clause. As stated earlier, an independent clause is a complete sentence that contains a subject and a predicate. Adependant clause contains a subject, a verb, and a subordinating conjunction.
Unlike a coordinating conjunction, a subordinating conjunction creates a sentence in which the ideas are given anunequal weight (different or opposite ideas) because one sentence is dependent on another. The dependent clause requires an independent clause. Without the independent clause, the dependant clause is afragment, an incomplete idea.
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|Common Subordinating Conjunctions |
|After|Because |Until |
|Although |If |When |
|As |Since |Whenever|
|Before |That |While |
|Use these formulas to use subordinating conjuctions: |
|{Subordinating Conjunction}Subject + Predicate, Subject + Predicate |
|Subject + Predicate {Subordinating Conjuction} Subject + Predicate |


 
• Adding a semicolon, a conjunctive adverb or transitional phrase,and a comma makes a complete sentence:

I have to study; therefore, I cannot go swimming this afternoon.
A conjunctive adverb or transitional phrase acts as a bridge that connects two...