| She drinks coffee. He drinks tea. She drinks coffee, but he drinks tea. She drinks coffee, and he drinks tea. She drinks coffee; he drinks tea. Although she drinks coffee, he drinks tea. She drinks coffee although he drinks tea. Although she drinks coffee, but he drinks tea. She drinks coffee; however, he drinks tea. She drinks coffee. However, he drinks tea. She drinks coffee. He, however, drinks tea. | (Two separate sentences) (Coordination) (Both ideas are equal) (Closely related ideas) (Subordination) (One idea is stronger) (INCORRECT!) (Sentence connector) (Stronger break between ideas) (Variation) | Remember: A period (.) provides the strongest break between ideas. A semicolon (;) is next, and a comma (,) provides the weakest separation. Coordinators provide connection between equal ideas. (and, but, or, nor, so, for, yet) | Examples: | Mom and Dad | red or green | She stayed, but he left. | Subordinators provide connection between unequal ideas. (because, although, when, while, if, as, since, whenever, wherever…) | Example: | He didn’t go to work because he was sick. Although John was unhappy, he still smiled. | Sentence Connectors provide connection between large groups of ideas/sentences. (usually paragraphs) (therefore, otherwise, thus, in conclusion, furthermore…) | |
