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Building Compound Sentences

1 st prize. Building Compound Sentences. How To Get the Punctuation Right!. My Essay. First draft.

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Building Compound Sentences

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  1. 1st prize Building Compound Sentences How To Get the Punctuation Right!

  2. My Essay First draft Systems is my favorite class. It is easy and fun. Psychology class isn’t hard. It can be enjoyable. We do not get to do online discussion there. I love to work online. I just wrote a new discussion response. Here it is! Systems is my favorite class;it is easy and fun. Psychology class isn’t hard, and it can be enjoyable, but we do not get to do online discussion there. I love to work online; in fact, I just wrote a new discussion response, so here it is! Revised draft!

  3. 3 Ways to Make Compound Sentences • Join two sentences with a comma and a coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS) FOR AND NOR BUT OR YET SO • Join two complete sentences with a semicolon • Join two complete sentences with a semicolon and a conjunctive adverb or transitional expression

  4. for and nor but or yet so 1. To get rid of short, choppy sentences, call in the FANBOYS!

  5. Punctuation with FANBOYS • Put commas before FANBOYS, not after. • Don’t use comma if there is only a piece of a complete sentence on either side. • I love writing essaysand studying grammar. • Do use comma when there is a complete sentence on both sides of FANBOYS. • I love writing essays,and I love studying grammar.

  6. poor weak comma big strong semicolon ; , 2. To get rid of short, choppy sentences, use a semicolon ; • Semicolons act like periods; they bring a sentence to a full stop. • Semicolons don’t act like commas. Semicolons are much stronger than commas. They can keep two whole sentences apart!

  7. 3. To get rid of short, choppy sentences, use a semicolon and a conjunctive adverb or transitional expression. • When you’re joining two complete sentences this way, be sure to put a semicolon BEFORE the joining word and a comma AFTER. • We were able to meet the proposal’s deadline ; however , we had to deliver it by hand. • I know my grammar perfectly ;therefore , I never worry about my essay grades.

  8. So now you know all you need to know about making compound sentences! • To join two complete sentences, use a comma plus one of the FANBOYS FOR AND NOR BUT OR YET SO • To join two complete sentences, use a semicolon all by itself • To join two complete sentences, use a semicolon and a conjunctive adverb or transitional expression

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