F – for
A – and
N – nor
B – but
O – or
Y – yet
S – so
Simple enough, right? You’ll use the FANBOYS to connect two or more independent clauses in compound-
complex sentences. Here’s an example from our earlier sentences.
Example 1
She likes to sleep in
but
she can get up early
if she has work
.
We’ve got a big, purple
but
in there: that’s our conjunction! It links the two independent clauses in
green
so
that we know they’re coordinate clauses and belong in the same sentence.
Subordinating conjunction
A subordinating conjunction introduces a dependent clause, so you can see how these would be useful in
compound-complex sentences. There are a lot of subordinating conjunctions, but some common ones are if,
while, and though. Let’s use the same example as above.
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