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A second sentence pattern is a sentence
pattern that is a compound sentence a compound sentence joins
two equally important ideas and it is made
up more than one than one independent clause
let me say that again a compound sentence is made up of more than one
independent clause already we have a distinguishing characteristic
of a compound sentence as opposed to simple sentence which is made
one independent clause there are many ways to form
compound sentences were gonna talk about 3 of them
the first one is to take an independent clause he referred to as
IC place a comma
after the first independent clause at a coordinating conjunction
and then follow with another independent clause
this is a very common way
are joining compound independent clauses to form compound sentences
let's say you have two independent clauses the first time needed to leave the house in
a hurry
and the second part is I could not find my keys
I can particularly identify this one about because I am always losing my keys
I want to get out the house in a hurry but I can't find my keys
my daughter was sick
so I had to miss class what we have is a relationship between two ideas
that are equally valued it's important that I leave the house in a hurry
but it's also important that I found my keys because then I can't leave the
house in a hurry without them
is extremely important to me that my daughter was sick
but also really want to miss class the idea
compound sentences that you're taking too equally important ideas
and finding away to put them together
otherwise your sentence will read this way
I need to leave the house in a hurry period I could not find my keys
period my daughter say period I had missed last period and you get easley see
how dull
the combination of those types a simple said would be
particularly in a lengthy paper again remember
here is your key IC=independent clause
now one of the ways that is easy to
remember coordinating conjunctions is an acronym
which just means a initials where each letter stands for
I term and here we have fanboys
remember fanboys you remember the coordinating conjunctions
here's how this looksF is for for
for is very similar to meaning when issues is coordinating conjunction to
the word because
because you're expressing a cause of an action will see an example in just a
minute
sometimes you just want to quickly at on another idea
and is coordinating conjunction for that
sometimes you want to set up a neither nor
or a nor between two sentences and that's where you use nor
as a coordinating conjunction to express a negative
option B is for
but of course that states contrast O is for
or again to express an alternative but not necessarily a negative one
Y is for yet which expresses
again a contrast and so will stay
result out the action close look at some examples
and think about how are going
punctuate these compounds sentences
first remember that compound sentence is
going to on join those clauses together
with FANBOYS there are no way also to form compounds sentences
one of the alternatives is to use a semicolon
many times students are afraid of semicolons
you may not a semicolon before but it is
easy to use semicolons if you remember that a semicolon has the same strength
as a period so you do not want to use a semicolon
unless she also uses period in the same place
again I'm trying to leave that house in a hurry
but I'm not find my keys however I decided to
emphasize these ideas with out a FANBOY
I needed to leave the house in a hurry semicolon
I could not find my keys please note that semicolon is located at the exact
place where two independent clauses collade
my daughter was sick I had to miss class
again equally important ideas short clauses
before you move to the next alternative let's think
about how what a semicolon does
first you want to use a semicolon between closely related independent clauses
they have something to do with each other and meaning
also semicolons are used generally between short
independent clauses long independent clauses are not often not as good
option for semicolon now you can also use a semicolon I am sure you have tired this in
your sentences
you can use to create compounds sentence by using and setting up your independent
clasuses
using the semicolon using a conjunctive adverb
followed by a comma followed by
another independent clause now conjunctive adverb
sounds like a big word and it is not to confuse that is not the intent
but just think conjunct what does it mean to conjunct
junct means joining con means together
so this is an adverb
or you can just call it a conjunctive word that's going to join together
two independent clauses the semicolon before
conjunctive adverb the comma after the
conjunctive adverb here's a list
very commonly used conjunctive adverbs
remember that we're going to place a comma
after the conjunctive adverb and that the semicolon will still
occur where the two independent clauses come together
however conjunctive adverb
therefore moreover furthermore
consequently otherwise instead
nevertheless and then the little
words thus also then
and meanwhile thrown in for good measure
remember to use the comma
the reason I emphasizing the comma so much is that
it signals the reader that to you two independent clauses
come together and that there is another independent clause that will be following
this isn't very important to read the sentence smoothly