Compound Sentence
A compound
sentence contains two independent clauses joined by a coordinator. The
coordinators are as follows: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so. (Helpful hint:
The first letter of each of the coordinators spells FANBOYS.) Except for very
short sentences, coordinators are always preceded by a comma. In the following
compound sentences, subjects are in yellow, verbs are in green, and the
coordinators and the commas that precede them are in red.
