FAULTY COORDINATION AND SUBORDINATION

Bethany does not like any animals with scales, since she does have an affinity for snakeskin shoes.

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Meanwhile the US has yet to build a high-speed rail system, but Japan, China, South Korea, and many European nations have invested in this efficient form of public transportation.

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Having suddenly realized she wasn't his mother, but Desmond stopped running towards the startled woman.

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Before the Declaration of Independence was approved on July 4 of 1776, it was not actually signed until August 2.

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A collection of exiled Puritans, merchants, and fortune-seekers signed a document they called the Mayflower Compact on November 11, 1620, or by doing so they announced their intent to settle what is now southeastern Massachusetts.

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As a cat lover, Hadley visited Japan to explore the country's "cat islands," where cats outnumber human residents six to one.

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Coordination is

• a complete thought.

• the combining of two complete sentences.

• rarely used in formal writing.

• a sentence with a subject and verb.

One of the rules of coordination is

• Use a semi-colon to separate two complete sentences.

• Use a comma to separate two complete sentences.

• Use a period to separate two complete sentences.

• Use no punctuation to separate two complete sentences.

Subordination is

• combining two complete sentences.

• a way to avoid using any punctuation in a complete sentence.

• the best choice for combining several thoughts.

• combining an incomplete sentence with a complete sentence.

When an incomplete sentence starts the sentence, always use a comma.

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