Combining Sentences

"Complete Sentences" are called Independent Clauses. You can string them together in many ways.

In-	depend	-ent		Clause
"not" (prefix)	"to need something for support" (root) from Latin dependere "to hang down"	turns an adjective into a noun (suffix)		"group of words that means something" (noun) it can be part of a sentence or a whole sentence from Latin clausula, "something that is closed"

#4 - Make an Independent Clause into a Dependent Clause by dropping the subject and adding a subordinating conjunction.

Sub	ordin	ate	ing	Con	junc	tion
under	order	turns word into an adjective	turns word into a participial adjective	with	to combine (like junction)	turns word into a noun
prefix	root	suffix	suffix	prefix	root	suffix
from Latin	from Latin	from Latin	from Middle English	from Latin	from Latin	from Latin

Subordinating Conjunctions include

Time	Cause	Place	Condition
after before now that until till ( or 'til) as soon as when whenever while	how if even if even though though as though although provided (that) in order that lest because so that	where wherever	unless as as if in order that as long as since than that

Take two Independent Clauses
Choose one
- First - Drop the subject
- Second - Add a Subordinating Conjunction
- Now - Your Independent Clause (Complete Sentence) has turned into a Dependent Clause (Incomplete Sentence or Fragment)
Insert your Dependent Clause into your Independent Clause (Complete Sentence)
- at the beginning of a Independent Clause (Complete Sentence) - add a comma
- in the middle of the Independent Clause (Complete Sentence) - put commas on both sides
- at the end of the Independent Clause (Complete Sentence) - may take comma before, may not. Definitely put a period at the end.

"Complete Sentences" are called Independent Clauses (ICs).

In-	depend	-ent		Clause
"not" (prefix)	"to need something for support" (root) from Latin dependere "to hang down"	turns an adjective into a noun (suffix)		"group of words that means something" (noun) it can be part of a sentence or a whole sentence from Latin clausula, "something that is closed"

You can string ICs together in many ways.

Method #1

Method #2

Method #3

period - space - capital

commma - space - coordinating conjunction

, and
, or
, nor
, for

, so
, but
, yet

Coordinating - making two equal things work together
Conjunction - word that combines two ICs

semicolon - space

a semicolon is
a comma with a dot on top

;

Sentence Combining: Dependent Clauses

Method #4 - Make an Independent Clause into a Dependent Clause by dropping the subject and adding a subordinating conjunction.

Sub	ordin	at(e)	ing	Con	junc	tion
under	order	turns word into an adjective	turns word into a participial adjective	with	to combine (like junction)	turns word into a noun
prefix	root	suffix	suffix	prefix	root	suffix
from Latin	from Latin	from Latin	from Middle English	from Latin	from Latin	from Latin

Subordinating Conjunctions include

Time	Cause	Place	Condition
after before now that until till ( or 'til) as soon as when whenever while	how if even if even though though as though although provided (that) in order that lest because so that	where wherever	unless as as if in order that as long as since than that