SS = simple sentence - Elgin Community College
|SS = simple sentence |S Sheet Flow Chart |IC. |
|CX = complex sentence | |IC SC. SC, IC. |
|CP = compound sentence | |IC, FANBOYS IC. IC; IC. IC; conj. adverb, IC. |
|CP-CX = compound-complex sentence | | |
Read each sentence out loud slowly. Bracket any relative clauses. (This is a CX.)
Is the clause essential or extra?
No commas Put commas at both ends of the clause.
Does the sentence contain a subordinating conjunction?
| Yes | No |
| (This is a CX.) | ( |
| | Are there two or more independent clauses |
| Put brackets around the subordinate clause. | (, FANBOYS or ;)? |
| | |
|Is the subordinate clause at the beginning of the sentence | Yes No |
|or in front of a subject? |(This is a CP.) (This is an SS.) |
| | |
| Yes No | Put an S above the subject Put an S above the subject. |
| ( ( | in each independent clause. |
|Put a comma at No comma is needed. |Look to the LEFT of the subject(s). |
|the end of the |Is there an introductory word or phrase? |
|subordinate clause. | |
| | Yes No |
|Put an S above the subject in the independent clause. | ( |
|Look to the LEFT of the subject. | Put a comma after the |
|Is there an introductory word or phrase? | introductory word or phrase. |
| | |
| Yes No | |
| ( | (If you find both an SC |
|Put a comma after the | and multiple ICs, you |
|introductory word or phrase. |wrote a CP-CX.) |
If there are no additional independent clauses, you are done! Go on to the next sentence.
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