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.