MỘT SỐ ĐIỀU CẦN NẮM VỮNG KHI VIẾT COMPOUND SENTENCES with COORDINATORS ĐỐI VỚI SINH VIÊN NĂM 1, KHOA TIẾNG ANH, TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC DUY TÂN

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A compound sentence is two or more independent clauses joined together, like two adults joined together in marriage. Each clause is of importance and could stand alone. There are three ways to join independent clauses to form a compound sentence.

Independent Clause, + Coordinator + Independent Clause                                                  (comma)    (FAN BOYS:  for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so)

Compound Sentences with Coordinators (coordinating conjunction)

 

 

 

Example:

-Women live longer than men, for they take better care of their health.

-Women follow more healthy diets, and they go to doctors more often.

-Women don’t smoke as much as men do, nor do they drink as much alcohol.

-Men may exercise harder, but they may not exercise as regularly as women do.

-Both men and women should limit the amount of fat in their diets, or they risk getting heart disease.

-Women used to be known as the ‘weak sex, yet in some ways, they are stronger than men’.

-Men are less cautious than women, so more men die in accidents.

N.B:

       but-> The two clauses express equal, contrasting ideas.

       yet -> The second clause is a surprising or unexpected contrast to the first clause.