Clauses

An independant clause is

A clause with a Subject, Verb, and complete idea.

Clauses like “The dog barked.” and “The whale swam. ” are….

Independant Clauses (Subject, Verb, and “Completeness”)

Clauses like “Because the dog barked.” and “When the whale swam.” are…

Dependant (even though they have Subject/Verb, they do not express a complete idea).

FANBOYS

For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So

To connect 2 independant clauses, with FANBOYS, use…

Commas (“He went to the store, but it wasn’t in stock.”

FANBOYS could also be called…

Coordinating Conjunctions

Starting a sentence with Coordinating Conjunction, does not make it dependent. True or False?

True.

Any Independent Clause with a subordinating conjunction, automatically becomes…

Dependent

Words like (Although, Because, Unless, etc) are…

Subordinating Conjunctions

Everything besides FANBOYS that connects ideas are subordinating conjunctions. True or False?

False

Words like (Therefore, Besides, However) are…

Transitional Adverbs, connects independent clauses and starts paragraphs. They don’t make independent clauses dependent.

An em dash (—), is used in place of…

Commas to offset info, Colons to introduce a list, or to show an interruption of thought.

A semicolon (;)….

Connects 2 independent clauses without FANBOYS.

You don't add a comma of the second clause is…

Dependant.