Yesterday we talked about the period as a form of stop punctuation – the end of a complete thought.
Today is Tuesday. We put a period at the end of the sentence to show that we are stopping the thought.
Another form of stop punctuation is to use a comma and a coordinating conjunction (one of the FANBOYS) to end one complete thought before beginning another. A comma and a coordinating conjunction joins two complete thoughts into a compound sentence.
Today is Tuesday, and tomorrow will be Wednesday.
The comma and conjunction effectively stops one thought before beginning another.
Use a comma and one of the FANBOYS in a compound sentence to stop one complete thought before beginning another.
It’s your turn. Look at these two complete thoughts. Join them together with a comma and one of the FANBOYS. Mom made dinner. I will eat at home tonight. Did you figure it out? Good for you!