Coordination and Subordination:  The Compound/Complex Sentence: 

·       Two or more independent clauses (main ideas)

·       One or more dependent clauses (subordinate ideas)

 

Ex:  Because she stayed home from school, she didn’t get the homework, so her friend brought it to her.

 

To Do:

Example:  Page 429, Ex. 10, 5, 7, 10, 11, 12

·       Decide which of your three ideas is dependent and which two are independent.

 

·       Decide where your dependent clause will go (before/after/within).

 

·       Select a subordinating conjunction based on the relationship you want to convey (page 425). 

 

·       Select a coordinating conjunction to connect your two independent clauses (FANBOYS; 423).

 

·       Check your punctuation: 

If dependent clause comes first, put a comma between it and the independent clause.  If it comes second, only put a comma between it and the independent clause it if it is unnecessary to the meaning of the sentence.

 

Put a comma before your coordinating conjunction.  If you use a conjunctive adverb (pg. 424), put a semicolon before the conjunctive adverb and a comma after it.