Use a comma before for, and, nor, but, or, & yet (FANBOYS) ex. Pete went to the movies, but Joe went home. Comma Rule 4 NONESSENTIAL CLAUSES Use commas to set off nonessential clauses and phrases (elements embedded in the sentence that interrupt it without changing the essential mea...
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Coordinating conjunctionsare those tiny words that join other words or sentences or clauses together. (“Or” is the conjunction in that last sentence, you see?) In school, you may have learned an acronym to remember them: FANBOYS. For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So. Independent clausesi...
If you have two independent clauses ("He likes it" + "She likes it"), then youcannotjoin them with a comma. You can join them by adding aCoordinating Conjunction(FANBOYS), aSubordinating Conjunction(a word like 'if/because/even though' that begins a dependent clause), or asemi-colon....