Sentence Issues

Crafting Complete Sentences (Avoiding Run-ons, Comma Splices, and Fragments)

COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS

COMMA SPLICES

SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS

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Crafting Complete Sentences (Avoiding Run-ons, Comma Splices, and Fragments)

Comma Splices and Run-ons

COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS

There are seven coordinating conjunctions. They give equal importance to the words or sentences that they connect.

COMMA SPLICES

To combine two independent clauses into one sentence, don't just add a comma. That mistake is called a comma splice. Instead, add a coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS -- for, and, nor, but, or, yet, or so) before the comma to make your sentence complete.

SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS

Subordinating Conjunctions, Chomp Chomp

For more on how subordinating and coordinating conjunctions affect punctuation, see Mrs. Newberry's punctuation page: Punctuation and Capitalization

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