Two or more independent clauses joined by a

coordinating conjunction, a correlative conjunction, or a semicolon. Examples:

Alex played football, so Suzywent shopping.

Compound Sentence =Independent Clause + Independent Clause

 A Word that joins words, phrases, clauses or sentences.

Acronym F A N B O Y S

Coordinating Conjunction Or Nd Or Ut R Et o

 A paired conjunction that links balanced words, phrases,

and clauses. The correlative conjunctions include the following: both . . . and either . . . or just as . . . so neither . . . nor not only . . . but also whether . . . or Example :

Not only does Sue raise money for the symphony, but she

also ushers at all of their concerts (Sentence + Sentence). Either I will go shopping, or I will attend the concert (Sentence + Sentence)

 A run-on sentence contains two or more independent

clauses with no connectors between them. If independent clauses are not separated into distinct sentences by a period, then they must be connected by a conjunction or by a semicolon. Eliminating run-on sentences from your writing will make your thoughts easier to follow and understand.

 Use a semicolonto link twoindependentclauses

WITHOUT connectingwords (coordinatingconjuntions) Examples:

I am going home; I intend to stay there. It rained heavily during the afternoon; we managed to

have our picnic anyway. They couldn't make it to the summit and back before dark; they decided to camp for the night.

Correct with two independent clauses Run-on: This is not such an elegant playground, still, the kids love it. Corrected: This is not such an elegant playground. Still, the kids love it. To correct a run-on by this method, you need a period to mark the end of one sentence and a capital letter to mark the beginning of the next one. Correct with a Coordinating Conjunction and a Comma Run-on: That dog is the one that helped me he still scares me. Corrected: That dog is the one that helped me, but he still scares me. When you compound independent clauses, put a comma in front of the conjunction. Remember that a comma by itself is not enough.

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