Question

Add commas with a FANBOYS, semicolons, or periods as needed to punctuate the independent clauses. Some sentences have more than one right answer.
1. I love Jim but Jim loves John.
2. I have been to New York and I have been to California.
3. We all want to be happy but suffering is part of being human.
4. I need to sell some furniture I will put an ad on Craig's List.
5. The painting on Marsha's wall was done by her mother she loved it.
6. I study all the time yet I can’t seem to get all A's.
7. Judy wasn’t hungry however, she ate anyways.
8. We were all tired of C*VID yet we carried on.

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9. Write a sentence containing two independent clauses connected with a comma and FANBOYS.

10. Write a sentence containing two independent clauses connected with a semicolon.

Answer 1

Answer:

1. I love Jim, but Jim loves John.

2. I have been to New York, and I have been to California.

3. We all want to be happy, but suffering is part of being human.

4. I need to sell some furniture; I will put an ad on Craig's List.

5. The painting on Marsha's wall was done by her mother. She loved it.

6. I study all the time, yet I can’t seem to get all A's.

7. Judy wasn’t hungry; however, she ate anyways.

8. We were all tired of C*VID, yet we carried on.

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9. I went to the supermarket, but I didn't buy milk.

10. My mother brought the chicken; My uncle brought the dessert.

Explanation:

A clause is a group of words that contains a subject and a verb. An independent clause can stand on its own. In other words, it makes sense when we read it, and we do not need extra information to comprehend the clause's meaning.

A sentence can have one independent clause or more than one. In the cases where a sentence has more than one independent clause, we can connect them with commas and the FANBOYS or semicolons.

FANBOYS stand for: for (F), and (A), but (B), or (O), yet (Y), so (S). Sentences 1, 2,3,6, and 8 have a FANBOY, so we need to write a comma before them.

On the other hand, sentences number 4 and 7 connect the two independent clauses with a semicolon (;), Sentence 4 is not contrasting or adding two things as the FANBOYS do, but sentence number 7 has the word "however." We use "however" to contrast or compare the clauses. When we use it, we have to write a semicolon or a colon before it and a comma afterward.

Lastly, we have sentence 5, where we added a period to punctuate the second independent clause; however, we could have used a semicolon to show the connection between the two clauses.

In sentence number 9, we link the two independent clauses with the comma and FANBOY but. The two independent clauses are: I went to the supermarket. I didn't buy milk.

In sentence number 10, the two independent clauses are: My mother brought the chicken. My uncle brought the dessert.

We can see that clauses in sentences 9 and 10 have a subject and a verb, and they stand on their own.