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 '''Example'''
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"I'm going home early. I do not have enough money."
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"They fight all the time. They makeup all the time."
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;becomes
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"I'm going home early, for I do not have enough money."
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"They fight and makeup all the time."
+Coordinating conjunctions joining individual phrases:
+'''Example'''
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"I'm going home early. I do not have enough money."
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;becomes
-Both clauses above are,
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"I'm going home early, for I do not have enough money."
- essentially, separate sentences that have been joined with the help of a coordinating conjunction, “and,” and a comma. Coordinating conjunctions also help to join two equal parts in a sentence, e.g.:
-: I ate lunch and dinner.
+Coordinating conjunctions joining individual clauses:
-Both nouns, “lunch” and “dinner,” are weighted equally in the sentence, so a coordinating conjunction is called for.
+'''Example'''
-Remember all coordinating conjunctions by the following mnemonic device: “FANBOYS”: For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, and So.
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"I'm going home early. I do not have enough money."
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;becomes
-----
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"I'm going home early, for I do not have enough money."
+==Works Cited==
 [[Composition FAQ]]
 [[Category:Composition|Conjunctions]]