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Independent clauses

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Adjective (relative) clauses Adverb clauses Cheat sheet: punctuation on one page Cheat sheet: the five sentence structures, FANBOYS, and… Choosing between a semicolon, a colon, and a dash Commas that join (before a coordinating conjunction) Compound sentences: structures #1-#3 Correlative conjunctions Fixing a fragment, run-on, or comma splice Noun clauses Parallel structure Semicolons in a list that already has commas Sentence fragments Subordinating conjunctions Comma splices Conjunctive adverbs Coordinating conjunctions (FANBOYS) Dependent clauses and subordinating conjunctions Run-on sentences, first and second degree Simple sentences The semicolon between independent clauses What a colon announces Independent clauses Compound subjects and predicates Verbals: participial, gerund, and infinitive phrases Sentence vs. phrase vs. clause Subject and predicate

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