Question

To make a compound sentence, a writer uses a_________ to connect two independent clauses.

Answer 1

To make a compound sentence, a writer uses a coordinating conjunction to connect two independent clauses.

Coordinating conjunctions are: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so.

These can be used to link independent clauses to create compound sentences.

Answer 2

COORDINATING CONJUCTIONS 
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