She drinks coffee. He drinks tea.
She drinks coffee, but he drinks tea.
She drinks coffee, and he drinks tea.
She drinks coffee; he drinks tea.
Although she drinks coffee, he drinks tea.
She drinks coffee although he drinks tea.
Although she drinks coffee, but he drinks tea.
She drinks coffee; however, he drinks tea.
She drinks coffee. However, he drinks tea.
She drinks coffee. He, however, drinks tea.
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(Two separate
sentences)
(Coordination)
(Both ideas
are equal)
(Closely
related ideas)
(Subordination)
(One idea is
stronger)
(INCORRECT!)
(Sentence connector)
(Stronger break
between ideas)
(Variation) |
Remember:
A period (.) provides the strongest break between ideas.
A semicolon (;) is next, and a comma (,) provides the weakest separation.
Coordinators provide connection between equal ideas.
(and, but, or, nor, so, for, yet)
Examples:
Mom and Dad
red or green
She stayed, but he left.
Subordinators provide connection between unequal ideas.
(because, although, when, while, if, as, since, whenever, wherever…)
Example:
He didn’t go to work because he was sick.
Although John was unhappy, he still smiled.
Sentence Connectors provide connection between large groups of ideas/sentences. (usually paragraphs)
(therefore, otherwise, thus, in conclusion, furthermore…)
