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Coordinated and Subordinated Sentences . Writing composed entirely of isolated independent clauses sounds childish and “choppy.”. Instead, combine small clauses together, to form more flowing, complex sentences, Coordinated and Subordinated sentences. . Coordinated Sentence .
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Writing composed entirely of isolated independent clauses sounds childish and “choppy.” Instead, combine small clauses together, to form more flowing, complex sentences, Coordinated and Subordinated sentences.
Coordinated Sentence • This is two small sentences (independent clauses) joined together with a coordinating conjunction. • You can easily remember what coordinating conjunctions are with the word • FANBOYS • for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so • Ind , FANBOYS ind. • I have a dog, and his name is Caesar. • I love Lucy, and she loves me.
Subordinated Sentence • This is a combination of a dependent (or subordinate) clause and an independent clause. • You can easily recognize a dependent (or subordinate) clause because it always starts with a subordinating conjunction. • SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS • Although, as soon as, because, even though, unless, until, while, if, since, when, whenever. • Dep, indep. OR Indep dep. (Note that when the dependent clause comes first, it is followed by a comma) • Since it is on sale, you should buy that shirt. • Skunks do not spray unless they are scared.
Note that you can almost always reverse the order of the two parts of a subordinated sentence. You might do this if you prefer one version over the other. However, note that you will need to change the punctuation. • Because Tuan likes to stay up late, he watches a lot of movies. • Tuan watches a lot of movies because he likes to stay up late.