ACT Preparation / Unit 1 ACT 0005 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Compound Sentence: Comma and Conjunction
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The idea
A compound sentence joins independent clauses of equal weight. The first way is a comma plus a coordinating conjunction: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so, remembered as FANBOYS.
In practice
"The oven was hot, so the bread baked fast."
Where people slip
The conjunction does the joining. A comma alone between two independent clauses is the comma splice of video 0013.
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