| back 1 - All contain a type of coordinating conjunction. (FANBOYS)
- The comma comes before the coordinating conjunction.
(FANBOYS)
- The comma connects two complete sentences
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front 2 Complex sentences (Dependent comes before independent) | back 2 - Complex sentence is made up of one independent clause (a
complete sentence) and one dependent clause (an incomplete sentence)
connected to it
- ALL dependent clauses start with a
subordinate conjunction (AAAWWWOUEBIST) and ends at the next
punctuation (either comma or period)
- The comma should
separate the dependent clause and the independent clause
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front 3 Complex sentences (Dependent comes last) | back 3 - A complex sentence is made up of one independent clause and one
dependent clause connected to it
- All dependent clauses
start with a subordinate conjunction (AAAWWWOUEBIST) and ends at the
next punctuation
- When the dependent clause comes after the
independent clause, you do not use a comma to separate the two
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| back 4 - Contains a preposition, any modifiers of the object, and a noun
or pronoun
- Time, place, and directions/movement
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| back 5 Transition, context, and speaker |
| back 6 - A part of speech that modifies verbs, adjectives, or other
adverbs. can answer these questions: Where? When? How? To what
extent?
- Most end with -ly
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front 7 Infinitives/infinitive phrases | back 7 - To + a verb
- Phrase is an infinitive with its modifiers
or complements
- Both act as a noun, an adjective, or an
adverb
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| back 8 - Use between two independent clauses
- Use ONLY if the 2
sentences are related to each other
- Use before a transition
word and use a comma after
- Never capitalize after
semicolon
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front 10 Parallel structure/parallelism | back 10 The repetition of a chosen grammatical form and pattern of words
within a sentence. |