WRIT 1000 Lecture Notes - Sentence Clause Structure, Serial Comma, Semicolon
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Coordination and subordination help in creating style which is meaningful. Patterns 2, 3 and 4 in your blue handout help to understand these types of sentences. ** when joining 2 independent clauses with a coordination conjunction, the conjunction should be preceded by a comma. And is a conjunction but not a cording conjunction because this is not a compound sentence. You can use a semicolon when combining 2 independent clauses that are similar in topic. They will sound sensible and non-sensible in different places. Preceded by a semicolon and followed by a comma. With compound sentences you want to avoid run-on sentences. Create a compound sentence using the independent clauses: barbara wanted to go to homby island for her holiday. Vegas to see elvis: barbara wanted to go to homby island for her holiday, and her husband wanted to go to las vegas to see elvis, barbara said it was her turn to choose their holiday.
