This document discusses techniques for combining simple sentences, including using coordinating conjunctions like "and", "but", and "or" with a comma. It also discusses using a semicolon to join two related simple sentences without a conjunction or using a semicolon followed by a conjunctive adverb like "however" or "therefore". Examples are provided to illustrate these techniques along with practice questions asking the reader to identify the correct way to combine simple sentences using these rules.

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2. CHAPTER 16: BEYOND THE SIMPLE SENTENCE: COORDINATION
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3. CHAPTER OUTLINE AND LEARNING OBJECTIVES
In this chapter, you will learn to:
 identify and apply sentence-combining techniques
that rely on coordinating conjunctions and conjunctive
adverbs.
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4. AVOIDING SIMPLE SENTENCES
 A group of words containing a subject and a verb is
called a clause.
 When that group makes sense by itself, it is called a
sentence or an independent clause.
 The kind of sentence that is one independent clause
is called a simple sentence.
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5. OPTIONS FOR COMBINING SIMPLE SENTENCES
 Option 1: Using a Comma with a Coordinating
Conjunction
 You can combine two simple sentences with a
comma and a coordinating conjunction.
 The coordinating conjunctions are for, and, nor, but,
or, yet, and so. (fanboys)
 Examples:
Sentences combined with and
Sentences combined with nor
Sentences combined with but
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6. OPTIONS FOR COMBINING SIMPLE SENTENCES
Sentences combined with yet
Sentences combined with so
 Where Does the Comma Go?
 The comma goes before the coordinating
conjunction.
 The comma goes before the new idea, the second
independent clause.
 It goes where the first independent clause ends.
 The comma is used when the coordinating
conjunction joins two independent clauses.
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7. OPTIONS FOR COMBINING SIMPLE SENTENCES
 Placing the Comma by Using Subject-Verb (S-V)
Patterns
 Four patterns of the simple sentence:
S V
SS V
S VV
SS VV
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8. OPTIONS FOR COMBINING SIMPLE SENTENCES
 When you combine two simple sentences, the
pattern changes to SVSV.
 This is called a compound sentence.
Use the comma in front of the coordinating
conjunction.
 Option 2: Using a Semicolon Between Two Simple
Sentences
 If you want to join two related simple sentences
without a coordinating conjunction, you can
combine them with a semicolon.
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9. OPTIONS FOR COMBINING SIMPLE SENTENCES
 Option 3: Using a Semicolon and a Conjunctive Adverb
 You can join two simple sentences with a
connecting word called a conjunctive adverb.
 When you do, you must use a semicolon in front of
the adverb.
 Punctuating After a Conjunctive Adverb
Put a comma after the conjunctive adverb if the
conjunctive adverb is more than one syllabi long.
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10. OF THE FOLLOWING, WHICH IS THE CORRECT WAY TO
COMBINE THE TWO SENTENCES BELOW?
Brett was a wonderful father to his three boys.
He was not a great husband.
A. Brett was a wonderful father to his three boys; but
he was not a great husband.
B. Brett was a wonderful father to his three boys, but
he was not a great husband.
C. Brett was a wonderful father to his three boys but
he was not a great husband.
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11. OF THE FOLLOWING, WHICH IS THE CORRECT WAY TO
COMBINE THE TWO SENTENCES BELOW?
Brett was a wonderful father to his three boys.
He was not a great husband.
A. Brett was a wonderful father to his three boys; but he
was not a great husband.
B. Brett was a wonderful father to his three boys, but he
was not a great husband.
C. Brett was a wonderful father to his three boys but he
was not a great husband.
Identify and apply sentence-combining techniques that
rely on coordinating conjunctions and conjunctive
adverbs.
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12. OF THE FOLLOWING, WHICH IS THE CORRECT WAY TO
COMBINE THE TWO SENTENCES BELOW?
I grilled the steak.
She baked the potatoes.
A. I grilled the steak; she baked the potatoes.
B. I grilled the steak, she baked the potatoes.
C. I grilled the steak she baked the potatoes.
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13. OF THE FOLLOWING, WHICH IS THE CORRECT WAY TO
COMBINE THE TWO SENTENCES BELOW?
I grilled the steak.
She baked the potatoes.
A. I grilled the steak; she baked the potatoes.
B. I grilled the steak, she baked the potatoes.
C. I grilled the steak she baked the potatoes.
Identify and apply sentence-combining techniques
that rely on coordinating conjunctions and conjunctive
adverbs.
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