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Coordinating Conjunction “A coordinating conjunction is a word which joins together two clauses which are both equally important”. 1. What is a clause? A clause is a unit which contains a subject and a verb. For example, “It was raining” is a clause; the subject is “it”, and the verb is “was raining”. Every sentence MUST contain at least one clause, but it may contain more than one. For example: It was rainin g, so I took my umbrella . This sentence contains two clauses, “It was raining” and “I took my umbrella”. They are independent clauses because each one would be a good sentence on its own — each one is a “complete thought”. 2. Joining clauses together with coordinating conjunctions A coordinating conjunction usually comes in the middle of a sentence, and it usually follows a comma (unless both clauses are very short). These are the most important coordinating conjunctions: CONJUNCTION FUNCTION ESPAÑOL For Reason meaning “because” Porque And Addition joins two similar ideas together Y Nor And not joining two negative alternatives Ni Tampoco But Contrast joins two contrasting ideas Pero Sino Or Option joins two alternative ideas O Yet Outcome – meaning but Pero So Result shows that the second idea is the result of the first Así que por eso FAN CLAUSE 1 CLAUSE 2 COMPOUND SENTENCE /COORDINATE CLAUSES FOR He couldn't go home. He had no place to go. He couldn't go home , for he had no place to go. AND I took a taxi. She drove home. I took a taxi , and she drove home. NOR He didn't want help. He didn't ask for it He didn't want help, nor did he ask for it. BUT I wanted to go late. She wanted to go on time. I wanted to go late, but she wanted to go on time. OR She cooked dinner. He took her out to a restaurant. She cooked dinner, or he took her out to a restaurant. YET She owned a car. She didn't know how to drive it. She owned a car, yet she didn't know how to drive it. SO She had to go. She called a friend to drive her. She had to go, so she called a friend to drive her. 3. Using coordinating conjunctions There are three things to remember when using coordinating conjunctions: A. Coordinating conjunctions join independent clauses. Each clause must be a “complete thought” which could be a sentence on its own. B. With coordinating conjunctions, put the conjunction in the middle. You may see some sentences starting with “but” or “and”, but this is usually wrong, so it's best to avoid it. C. With coordinating conjunctions, use a comma unless both clauses are very short.

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Coordinating  Conjunction  “A  coordinating  conjunction  is  a  word  which  joins  together  two  clauses  which  are  both  equally  important”.  

 1.  What  is  a  clause?  

A  clause  is  a  unit  which  contains  a  subject  and  a  verb.  For  example,  “It  was  raining”  is  a  clause;  the  subject  is  “it”,  and  the  verb  is  “was  raining”.    Every  sentence  MUST  contain  at  least  one  clause,  but  it  may  contain  more  than  one.  For  example:    

• It  was  raining,  so  I  took  my  umbrella.    This  sentence  contains  two  clauses,  “It  was  raining”  and  “I  took  my  umbrella”.  They  are  independent  clauses  because  each  one  would  be  a  good  sentence  on  its  own  —  each  one  is  a  “complete  thought”.      2.  Joining  clauses  together  with  coordinating  conjunctions  

A  coordinating  conjunction  usually  comes  in  the  middle  of  a  sentence,  and  it  usually  follows  a  comma  (unless  both  clauses  are  very  short).  These  are  the  most  important  coordinating  conjunctions:    

CONJUNCTION   FUNCTION   ESPAÑOL  For   Reason  -­‐  meaning  “because”   Porque  And   Addition  -­‐  joins  two  similar  ideas  together   Y  Nor   And  not  -­‐  joining  two  negative  alternatives   Ni  -­‐  Tampoco  But   Contrast  -­‐  joins  two  contrasting  ideas   Pero  -­‐  Sino  Or   Option  -­‐  joins  two  alternative  ideas   O  Yet   Outcome  –  meaning  but   Pero  So   Result  -­‐  shows  that  the  second  idea  is  the  result  of  the  first   Así  que  -­‐  por  eso  

 FAN   CLAUSE  1   CLAUSE  2   COMPOUND  SENTENCE  /COORDINATE  CLAUSES  FOR   He  couldn't  go  home.   He  had  no  place  to  go.   He  couldn't  go  home  ,  for  he  had  no  place  to  go.  AND   I  took  a  taxi.   She  drove  home.   I  took  a  taxi  ,  and  she  drove  home.  NOR        He  didn't  want  help.   He  didn't  ask  for  it   He  didn't  want  help,  nor  did  he  ask  for  it.  BUT   I  wanted  to  go  late.   She  wanted  to  go  on  time.   I  wanted  to  go  late,  but  she  wanted  to  go  on  time.  OR           She  cooked  dinner.   He  took  her  out  to  a  restaurant.   She  cooked  dinner,  or  he  took  her  out  to  a  restaurant.  YET     She  owned  a  car.   She  didn't  know  how  to  drive  it.   She  owned  a  car,  yet  she  didn't  know  how  to  drive  it.  SO         She  had  to  go.   She  called  a  friend  to  drive  her.   She  had  to  go,  so  she  called  a  friend  to  drive  her.  

     3.  Using  coordinating  conjunctions  

There  are  three  things  to  remember  when  using  coordinating  conjunctions:    

A. Coordinating  conjunctions  join  independent  clauses.  Each  clause  must  be  a  “complete  thought”  which  could  be  a  sentence  on  its  own.  

B. With  coordinating  conjunctions,  put  the  conjunction  in  the  middle.  You  may  see  some  sentences  starting  with  “but”  or  “and”,  but  this  is  usually  wrong,  so  it's  best  to  avoid  it.  

C. With  coordinating  conjunctions,  use  a  comma  unless  both  clauses  are  very  short.