https://padlet.com/gmorales23/8a3afy55oifo Grammar Journal #6 en-us 2016-12-12 15:56:15 UTC 2025-12-18 20:58:45 UTC hello@padlet.com gmorales23 https://padlet.com/gmorales23/8a3afy55oifo/wish/143157370 Compound sentences are when there are more than one subject in a sentence and connected by the words ‘and, but, or, yet, etc’. ]]> 2016-12-12 16:06:26 UTC https://padlet.com/gmorales23/8a3afy55oifo/wish/143157370 gmorales23 https://padlet.com/gmorales23/8a3afy55oifo/wish/143158585 “I tutored a senior who had not started on her personal statement, and she had not chosen a prompt yet either.” ]]> 2016-12-12 16:10:08 UTC https://padlet.com/gmorales23/8a3afy55oifo/wish/143158585 gmorales23 https://padlet.com/gmorales23/8a3afy55oifo/wish/143158982 “I am assigning roles to every class period because I cannot be there, and I am hoping they do as I ask them.”]]> 2016-12-12 16:11:14 UTC https://padlet.com/gmorales23/8a3afy55oifo/wish/143158982 gmorales23 https://padlet.com/gmorales23/8a3afy55oifo/wish/143159176 “The biography was hard to understand and read at times because the author would write the name of a lord, supervisor, or another royal, but the author would not explain their significance.”]]> 2016-12-12 16:11:46 UTC https://padlet.com/gmorales23/8a3afy55oifo/wish/143159176 gmorales23 https://padlet.com/gmorales23/8a3afy55oifo/wish/143159898 Writers commonly add a comma to their sentences when there is no need for it. In a writer's mind, adding a comma to a sentence makes sense at first but when a writer proof readers their writing, then they realize that a comma is not needed.  ]]> 2016-12-12 16:13:42 UTC https://padlet.com/gmorales23/8a3afy55oifo/wish/143159898 gmorales23 https://padlet.com/gmorales23/8a3afy55oifo/wish/143459396 2016-12-13 19:03:18 UTC https://padlet.com/gmorales23/8a3afy55oifo/wish/143459396 gmorales23 https://padlet.com/gmorales23/8a3afy55oifo/wish/143468200 I have struggled with compound sentences by always adding a comma after I type one of the FANBOYS words into my sentence. I always thought to myself that if there is ever an 'and' or a 'but' then there should be a comma before that. Now, after I have reflected on compound sentences, I know that is not always true and that I should always proofread my work before submitting. ]]> 2016-12-13 19:29:55 UTC https://padlet.com/gmorales23/8a3afy55oifo/wish/143468200