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B3B1
Coordinating Conjunctions
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Coordinating conjunctions join words, phrases, clauses, or
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sentences. To remember the seven coordinating
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conjunctions, you can use the first letters to form the words
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FAN BOYS:
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for                and                nor
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but                or                    yet            so
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The elements joined by a coordinating conjunction should
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have equal grammatical weight--for example, nouns with
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other nouns, verbs with other verbs, clauses with other
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clauses of equal rank. In other words, the elements should
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be parallel.
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        He
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ran
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 and
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jumped
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. (verb with verb)
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        We could use a new
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car or truck
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. (noun with noun)
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        I saw
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two of my friends but none of my relatives
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 at the
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        wedding. (2 phrases)
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She had a new computer, so she took a class on home
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        computing
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. (2 independent clauses)
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And
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,
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but
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,
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or
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, and
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nor
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 are always used as coordinating
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conjunctions.
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For
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,
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yet
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, and
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so
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 do not always function as
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coordinating conjunctions (
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for
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 and
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yet
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 are rarely used as
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conjunctions).
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More information
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For, Yet, and So as Conjunctions
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Parallel Structure
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More choices
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Comma
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