SAT English rules

sentence

includes a subject, verb, express a complete idea

clauses

sentences are made up of clauses, part of a sentence with both subject and verb

sentence fragment

occurs when a sentence has a missing subject, or verb, or fails to express a complete idea

comma splice

a type of run on that occurs when 2 independent clauses are combined using only a comma

conjunctions + rules

connects different clauses

IND + comma & coordinating conjunctions + IND

IND + coordinating conjunction (no comma, unless stylistic) or subordinating conjunction (no comma) + DE

subordinating conjunction + DE + ,(comma) + IND

coordinating conjunctions

FANBOYS

subordinating conjunction

after

although

as

when

while

until

before

because

if

since

even though

so that

though however