168 Part1n I SentenceStructure
B. Foreachpairofthefollowingsentencesforma compoundsentencebyjoining
thetwoindependentclauseswitha coordinatorthatbestfitsthemeaning.Use
eachFANBOYScoordinatoronce.Writeyournewsentencesona separate
sheetofpaper,andpunctuatethemcorrectly.Thefirstonehasbeendonefor
youasanexample.- Nuclearaccidentscanhappen.Nuclearpowerplantsmusthavestrictsafety
controls.
Nuclearaccidentscanhappen,sonuclearpowerplantsmusthavestrictsafety
controls. - TheaccidentatthenuclearpowerplantatThreeMileIslandintheUnited
Statescreatedfearsaboutthesafetyofthisenergysource.Thedisasterat
ChernobylintheformerSovietUnionconfirmedthem. - Solarheatingsystemsareeconomicaltooperate.Thecostofinstallationis
veryhigh. - Energyneedsarenotgoingtodecrease.Energysourcesarenotgoingto
increase.(Usenorandquestionwordorderinthesecondclause,deleting
thewordnot). - BurningfossilfuelscausesseriousdamagetoourplanetWeneedto
developothersourcesofenergy. - Ecologistsknowthat burningfossilfuelscausesholesintheozonelayer.
Peoplecontinuetodoit - Developingnationsespeciallywillcontinuethisharmfulpractice.Theydo
nothavethemoneytodevelop"clean"energysources. - Allnationsoftheworldmusttakeaction.Ourchildrenandgrandchildren
willsuffertheconsequences.
C. Writesevencompoundsentencesofyourown,usingeachcoordinatoronce.CompoundSentenceswithConjunctiveAdverbs
Asecondwaytoforma compoundsentenceisasfollows:Independentclause;+conjunctiveadverb,+independentclause
Saltwaterboilsata highertemperaturethanfreshwater;therefore,foodcooks
fasterinsaltwater.Punctuationnote:Puta semicolonbeforeanda commaaftertheconjunctiveadverb.Severaltransitionsignals,suchasontheotherhand,asa result,andforexample,
actlikeconjunctiveadverbs;theycanalsoconnectindependentclauseswitha semi-
colonanda comma.Thefollowingchartlistscommonconjunctiveadverbsandafew
transitionsignalsthatcanbeusedinthisway.