JOINING STAND-ALONE SENTENCES: A VERY STRONG (OR WEAK)POWERPOINT PRESENTATION.

JOINING STAND-ALONE SENTENCES:A VERY STRONG (OR

WEAK)POWERPOINT PRESENTATION

Importance of Combining Short, Stand-Alone Sentences (aka "simple" sentences)?

• I went to the store. I bought milk. The milk was organic. Organic products save lives. I give my children organic products.

• My children are seven and ten. They attend elementary school. Their school is called Roosevelt Elementary. Twenty students are in each of their classes.

BOTH OF THE ABOVE PASSAGES ARE...

MONOTONOUS! (they have "one tone")

JOINING "STAND-ALONE" SENTENCES

• An simple sentence (or "stand-alone") has a subject and a verb and can stand alone as its own sentence.

• YES: I went to the store. (SIMPLE SENTENCE--IT CAN STAND ALONE)• NO: Because I went to the store (dependent clause)• NO: to the store (phrase)

Works? ("SA" STANDS FOR "STAND-ALONE" SENTENCE)

SA SA. I went to the store I bought milk.

NO! Creates a run-on sentence.

SA SA. I went to the store I bought milk.

Invisible Man

Works?

SA , SA. I went to the store, I bought milk.

NO! Creates a comma splice.

SA , SA. I went to the store, I bought milk.

Jean-Claude Van Comma

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Works?

SA , CC SA. I went to the store, and I bought milk.

YES!

SA , CC SA. I went to the store, and I bought milk.

Jean-Claude Van Comma FANBOY

(aka “Coordinating Conjunction Man”)

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Works?

SA ; SA. I went to the store; I bought milk.

YES!

SA ; SA. I went to the store; I bought milk.

Schwemicolon Man

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Works?

SA : SA.Hulk Colon confronted his archrival, Commasplicer: “Howdare you split your infinitives!”

YES! (in certain circumstances)

SA (intro) : SA (material intro'ed).

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Hulk Colon confronted his archrival, Commasplicer:“How dare you split yourinfinitives!”

Overview

NO!SA SA. (run-on)SA, SA. (comma splice)

YES!SA; SA. (if SAs short, related)SA: SA. (if first SA intros 2nd)