Sentence Combining. Just What are FANBOYS? Conjunctions- a word that joins two words or sentences together. For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So.

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Sentence Combining

Just What are FANBOYS? Conjunctions- a word that joins two words or sentences together. For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So

The Compound Sentence A compound sentence consists of two sentences joined together by FANBOYS (conjunctions) (For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So). John went to the store. He bought some apples., and h Final combined sentence: John went to the store, and he bought some apples.

Laura wanted to go shopping, but she decided to stay home instead. Doug stayed at home all day long, for he didn’t like to deal with crowds. Andy’s girlfriend was in Austria for six months, so he was pretty bummed out. Examples

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