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The document discusses different types of conjunctions and clauses that can connect parts of sentences, including coordinating conjunctions like FANBOYS, subordinating conjunctions, prepositional phrases, dependent clauses, and the use of the word 'that'. It also covers subject-verb agreement, fragment sentences, compound sentences, and run-on sentences/comma splices.

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Sentence Correction

The document discusses different types of conjunctions and clauses that can connect parts of sentences, including coordinating conjunctions like FANBOYS, subordinating conjunctions, prepositional phrases, dependent clauses, and the use of the word 'that'. It also covers subject-verb agreement, fragment sentences, compound sentences, and run-on sentences/comma splices.

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Coordinating Conjunctions: They glue two independent clauses together.

FANBOYS: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so


Use a comma plus a FANBOYS conjunction to connect independent clauses.
When there is no FANBOY conjunction, use semicolon to connect two independent clauses.
Example therefore, nevertheless,
Subordinating Conjunctions: Modifiers can be connected to independent clause by
subordinating conjunctions. Example – although, because, while, though, unless, before, after, if
Cousin pairs of words:

Adjective and Adverb:


Like vs
Including

SUBJECT – VERB – AGREEMENT


Fragment Sentence: Either Subject or working verb missing. NOT a complete sentence.
Subject verb must agree in Number (how to check that?)
Eliminate the MIDDLEMAN and Skip the Warmup
1. Prepositional Phrase: a group of words headed by a preposition. Ex- of mice, for milk, by
1900, with her, from the office
A noun in the prepositional phrase will never be the main subject of a sentence.
2. Dependent clause is stripped out of a sentence in order to make subject verb agreement.
Use of THAT
Format: Subject working verb THAT Subject Verb Object
When the word ‘that’ appears just after the working verb, a new subject-verb-object structure will
follow.

COMPOUND SENTENCE
Two Independent clauses are connected with comma and Coordinating conjunctions
(FANBOYS) in order to form a compound sentence.

Run-on sentence/Comma Splice Error: when two independent clauses are only connected
with comma without conjunctions.

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