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Chris Davis hit a home run for the Orioles; therefore, his teammates gave him high fives.

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These words are adverbs that connect dependent clauses to the main independent clause.  These words help build more descriptive sentences by linking similar ideas. It is sometimes necessary to use a semicolon (;) to connect the ideas.

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The Purpose of Subordinating Conjunctions

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The Purpose of Subordinating Conjunctions

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These words are great for joining incomplete thoughts with complete thoughts to make complex sentences. Just like the little baby is connected to his mother by the wrap, SWABIs connect dependent clauses to independent clauses.

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THAMOs is yet another acronym to help you remember some of the most common conjunctive adverbs.  They are therefore, however, as a matter of fact, meanwhile, and otherwise

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SWABIs is another acronym to help you remember some of the subordinating conjunctions.  They are since, when, after, because, and if

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The Purpose of Coordinating Conjunctions

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The Purpose of Coordinating Conjunctions

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Along with a comma, they join together two complete thoughts.

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FANBOYS is an acronym to help you remember the coordinating conjunctions.  They are for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so.

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Example Using a Subordinating Conjunction

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Example Using a Subordinating Conjunction

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When the baseball was hurling towards me, I froze in place with fear.

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- image of Mike Trout used with permission of Discovery Education
- image of hurling baseball used with permission of Discovery Education
- Handshake image courtesy of creative commons (https://pixabay.com/photos/shaking-hands-handshake-hands-3091908/)
- image of mother and child used with permission of Discovery Education
- men helping to build a greenhouse image courtesy of creative commons (https://www.af.mil/News/Photos/igphoto/2000584392/)
- image of Trey Mancini and Chris Davis courtesy of creative commons (https://www.flickr.com/photos/keithallison/36369451516)

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Example Using a Coordinating Conjunction

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Example Using a Coordinating Conjunction

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The pitcher threw the ball, and Mike Trout it a home run.