This document defines and provides examples of coordinators, subordinators, and conjunctive adverbs. Coordinators join two equal ideas using FANBOYS conjunctions. Subordinators join less important dependent clauses to independent clauses. Conjunctive adverbs provide more description about the relationship between two sentences, using a semicolon before and comma after.

1. Coordinator – Subordinator – Conjunctive adverbs

2. A conjunction is a part of speech that connects two
words, sentences, phrases or clauses together.
For example:
I was recommended to attend FOW, for my writing is not good.
This is Coordinator
My writing is not good; hence, I was recommended to attend FOW.
This is Conjunctive adverb
Because my writing is not good I was recommended to attend FOW.
This is Subordinator

3. Coordinator
To join to ideas together that are equal in value
FANBOYS: For And Nor But Or Yet So
…
Always need a comma before FANBOYS

4. Subordinator
To join two sentences together when one idea is less
important to the other
For example: Although since when while because…
Structure: Subordinator dependent clause, independent clause

5. An adverb that acts like a conjunction
To give more description about the relationship
between two sentences.
;however, ;besides, ;in fact, ;therefore,
semi-colon before the word and a comma after it

6. Subordinators Coordinators Conjunctive Adverbs
(Subordinating (Coordinating
Conjunctions) Conjunctions)
I.C. + Subord. + D.C. I.C. + , + I.C. I.C. + ; + Conj.Adv. , I.C.
Subord. + D.C. + , + I.C. Conj.Adv. + , + I.C.
After/ although/ as FAN BOYS! accordingly
as if/ as soon as also/besides
Because/ before for consequently
even though/ how and for example
If/since/so that nor furthermore
That/though but hence/however
Unless/until or in addition
What/when yet in contrast
whenever so indeed/instead
Where/wherever likewise
whether meanwhile
which moreover
while nevertheless
who nonetheless
whom on the other hand
whose otherwise
therefore
though/thus