Conjunctions PENCILS LIST

Conjunctions

Conjunctions

Combine words, thoughts, ideas, ad sentences

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FANBOYS

This acronym is used for the seven coordinating conjunctions: For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, SoThese are used to combine two independent clauses (sentences) together, and you should always use a comma before the conjunction

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SWABIs

SWABIs are subordinating conjunctions that join two complete thoughts into one sentence. The letters stand for "Since," "When," "After," "Because," and "If." The use of the conjuntion, however, makes the clause dependent, so you have one dependent and one independent clause. For example: After John baked the cupcakes, I covered them in frosting. If the word 'after' were removed, there would be two independent clauses separated with a comma, which is considered a comma splice and is not acceptable in grammatical terms.

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THAMOs are conjunctive adverbs that show the relationship between two complete thoughts. The letters stand for "Therefore," "However," "Also," "Meanwhile," and "Otherwise." Typically a semicolon is used before the conjunction and a comma after to signify a relationship between two sentences. Example: I was very tired; however, I stayed up.Note this is different than the use of a SWABI conjunction; for example: Although I was tired, I stayed up.

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Sentence structure

Always determine the sentence structure when determining the conjunction that best serves the purpose.

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Remember- SWABI

SWABI are used to connect dependent clauses to independent ones. For example: Since I covered this last week, I’m only giving one example.

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FANBOYS

Fanboys always connects two sentences; hence, you will have two subjects and two verbs.

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THAMOs

THAMO’s as adverbs modify an action in a sentence while connecting two sentences and showing the relationship between them.

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Examples of THAMOs

I love pastries; therefore, I eat one every morning for breakfast. I like donuts too; however, I could never eat them every day. She ate as if she hadn’t eaten in weeks. (as if sentence example) She baked the pie; meanwhile, I ate all the pastries that were left over. I like to eat pasties when they’re fresh; otherwise they get too hard.

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Bridges

Think of conjunctions as bridges that connect different types of thoughts or sentences. You need the right conjunction to get your point across.