Understanding Conjunctions and Clauses

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Coordinating Conjunctions

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Connects words, phrases, or clauses (e.g., and, but, or)

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Subordinating Conjunctions

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Connects dependent clause to independent clause (e.g., because, although)

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Clauses

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Group of words with a subject and a verb

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Dependent Clauses

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Cannot stand alone as a sentence

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Independent Clauses

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Can stand alone as a sentence

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Semicolons

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Used to link independent clauses

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Fragments

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Incomplete sentences

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Helping Verbs

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Assist main verbs (e.g., is, have, do)

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"And" in a sentence

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Example of a coordinating conjunction

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"Although" in a sentence

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Example of a subordinating conjunction