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Sentence Structure and PunctuationBasic English Sentence Structures
Combinations: One verb or one subject (no comma)
Combinations: Two subjects, two verbsSubordination (One idea is stronger.) Jack drinks coffee although Jill drinks tea. (without a comma) Although Jack drinks coffee, Jill drinks tea. (with a comma) Coordination (equal ideas, with coordinator: and, but, or, nor, for, so, yet) Jack is drinking, and Jill is eating. (A comma [,] is needed here.) Jack drinks coffee, but Jill drinks tea. (closest connection between ideas) Closely related ideas (without coordinator) Jack drinks coffee; Jill drinks tea. (A semi-colon [;] is used here.) Jack drinks coffee; however, Jill drinks tea. (with a sentence connector) Separate sentences (strongest break between ideas) Jack drinks coffee. Jill drinks tea. (Use a period [.] to separate complete sentences.) Jack drinks coffee. However, Jill drinks tea. (with a sentence connector) Jack drinks coffee. Jill, however, drinks tea. (variation) Note: Do not use subordinators and coordinators to connect ideas in the same sentence:
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