Learn English as a Second Language with Coordinators

All writers should be checking their sentences now to make sure that their writing is perfect. Please get some practice at www.languagecommunicator.com and further information at info@languagecommunicator.com. The last post listed the subordinating conjunctions that often lead to sentence fragments. Coordinating conjunctions such as and, but, or can also lead to incomplete sentences. These conjunctions are joining words and these are usually used to connect words or groups of words that are equal. Example: The boy ran and the girl walked. Look at the sentence and you will see that the groups of words on either side of and are equal. Each side contains a subject and a verb. On either side of the word and are enough words for a complete sentence. The boy ran. The girl walked. To show the connection between the two, they are joined by and. Rarely should a writer begin a sentence with and. Those writers with great skill who want to write creatively might use and at the beginning of sentence but they are creative writers. And the boy walked. The sentence still contains the ingredients of a complete sentence but once and is placed in the sentence some words or groups of words should be connected. So unless you are a creative writer making the big bucks for your creativity, don’t use and at the beginning of a sentence.

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