Clauses can be connected to form sentences by coordination, using a coordinating conjunction to connect two independent clauses, and by subordination, using a subordinating conjunction to attach a dependent clause to an independent clause.
What are three ways to connect independent clauses?
- with a coordinating conjunction (one of the fanboys);
- with a semicolon; or.
- with a semicolon and a transitional expression.
What is used to connect independent clauses?
There are two types of words that can be used as connectors at the beginning of an independent clause: coordinating conjunctions and independent marker words. The seven coordinating conjunctions used as connecting words at the beginning of an independent clause are and, but, for, or, nor, so, and yet.
