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    Coordinators are words used to join independent clauses and show the logical connection between ideas. The seven coordinators are FANBOYS - for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so. Coordinators are used when equally stressing both ideas, while subordinators de-emphasize one idea.

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    Coordinators are words used to join independent clauses and show the logical connection between ideas. The seven coordinators are FANBOYS - for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so. Coordinators are used when equally stressing both ideas, while subordinators de-emphasize one idea.

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    Coordinators are words used to join independent clauses and show the logical connection between ideas. The seven coordinators are FANBOYS - for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so. Coordinators are used when equally stressing both ideas, while subordinators de-emphasize one idea.

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    Coordinators

    What are they?


    Connections
    Coordinators are words you can use to join simple sentences See also the
    (aka independent clauses) and show the logical connections “Subordinators” and
    between ideas. “Commas.”

    Use coordinators when you want to equally stress both ideas


    you are connecting; if instead you want to de-emphasize one
    of the ideas, use a subordinator.

    You can easily remember the seven coordinators if you keep in mind the word FANBOYS:

    Logical
    Coordinators Sample sentences
    Relationship
    I expect to see lots of green on Friday,
    F FOR Cause/Effect
    for it is St.Patrick’s Day.

    The Irish bars will be packed, and the


    A AND Addition
    beer will be flowing.

    I won’t drink green beer, nor will I


    N NOR Addition of negatives
    drink a Shamrock Shake.

    I like the color green, but I don’t think


    B BUT Contrast
    it’s an appetizing color for a beverage.

    Guinness is always a good choice, or


    O OR Alternative if you’re driving, water is a better
    choice.

    I have to wake up early the next


    Y YET Condition morning, yet I don’t want to be anti-
    social.

    One of my friends is having a party, so


    S SO Cause/Effect
    I will probably drop by for a while.
    Punctuation
    Unless the clauses are quite short, put a comma before the conjunction when it joins two independent
    clauses.

     She brought home a big bag of Halloween candy that should have lasted weeks, but by the
    next day her little brother had eaten it all.

     He’s tall but she’s short.

    PRACTICE

    Join the following sentences with the coordinator that most clearly expresses the logical relationship
    between the two ideas being connected. Hint: you should use each coordinator only once.

    , but he
    hewas horrible at math.
    For Example: Calvin had his heart set on being a physics major. He

    1. He could not understand geometry. He could not understand physics.

    2. He took extra classes. The tutor couldn’t seem to help.

    3. He worked incredibly hard. Everyone in the math department was willing to help him.

    4. He realized he would have to improve. He was going to have to give up his ambition to
    become a great physicist.

    5. The other students could build catapults out of popsicle sticks and rubber bands. Calvin’s
    catapult couldn’t even launch a pebble.

    6. Calvin’s experiments were always unique. They proved that some basic law of nature no
    longer existed.

    7. Calvin finally realized that he did not have it in him to be the next Stephen Hawking. He
    changed his major to English.

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