When combining two complete sentences with a conjunction ("and," "but," "or," "for," or "yet ... Double-check that the boundary contains the appropriate punctuation and transition words. If two ...

but Conjunctions can also help you to join together two simple sentences or ideas to form an extended sentence. Look at the two sentences below. Can you remember which conjunctions to use in ...

As often as you hear that you should not start sentences with "and," "but," or other conjunctions, this rule has "no historical or grammatical foundation," according to the Chicago Manual of Style.

You can remember these conjunctions with the mnemonic FANBOYS; For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, and So receive a comma. A comma placed between two independent clauses that are not joined by a FANBOYS ...

or; neither...nor; not (only)...but (also)--these sorts of things. With correlative conjunctions remember this: the same grammatical structure must be on the right-hand side of both conjunctions.

A comma splice is the use of a comma, instead of a coordinating conjunction or a semicolon, between the two independent clauses of a compound sentence. If the comma is left out, a second grammatical ...