Writing Academic English 4th Edition

Compound
Sentence§

Chapter 10 ITypesofSentences 165

Acompoundsentenceistwoormoreindependentclausesjoinedtogether.There

arethreewaystojointheclauses:

1. Witha coordinator
   Saltwaterboilsatahighertemperaturethanfreshwater,sofoodcooksfaster
   insaltwater.


2. Witha conjunctiveadverb

Saltwaterboilsata highertemperaturethanfreshwater;therefore,food

cooksfasterinsaltwater.

3. Witha semicolon
   Saltwaterboilsata highertemperaturethanfreshwater;foodcooksfasterin
   saltwater.

Let'sstudyeachtypeofcompoundsentenceinmoredetail.

CompoundSentenceswithCoordinators

Acompoundsentencecanbeformedasfollows:

Independentclause,+coordinator+independentclause

Saltwaterboilsata lowertemperaturethanfreshwater,sofoodcooksfasterin

saltwater.

Therearesevencoordinators,whicharealsocalledcoordinatingconjunctions.You

canrememberthembythephraseFANBOYS(For,And,Nor,But,Or,Yet,So).The

followingsentencesillustratethemeaningsofthesevenFANBOYScoordinators.

(Punctuationnote:Thereisa commaafterthefirstindependentclause.)