2.7.5 Choosing between a coordinator, colon, semi-colon, or aconjunctive adverb

1) Coordinator and Correlative conjunction

A coordinator (and, but, so,) establishes a basic relationship between two clauses. Thecorrelative conjunctions (not only X but also Y, both X and Y) put an equal emphasis onboth clauses in the sentence and can be an exception to the general rule that there is onlyone main idea in a sentence

EXAMPLE The proposed method is faster and more accurate than the conventional method. The proposed method is not only faster, but also more accurate than the conventional

method.

2) Semi-colon and Colon

The fewer words between clauses, the stronger the connection. If you want to make astronger connection between two clauses, then choose the semi-colon.

EXAMPLE The experiment was a disaster, so we had to start again. The experiment was a disaster; therefore, we had to start again. The experiment was a disaster; we had to start again ( the strongest connection )

A colon can also join two main clauses if the information after the colon is a definition or anexplanation. A colon, not a semi-colon, also introduces a list.

EXAMPLE They can be divided into three main approaches: frequency, spatial, and temporal.

And I recommend that you include the second comma to prevent any confusion. If we don’t follow this rule, a few sentences can be confusing to read.

EXAMPLE X: The new cell phone design has three areas of improvement: cost, color and design

and clarity and reception. CORRECT: The new cell phone design has three areas of improvement: cost, color

and design, and clarity and reception. (comma)

3) Sentence structure punctuation errors in coordination

Understanding coordination will also help you avoid one of the most common sentencestructure mistakes. Have a look at the following sentence:

EXAMPLE

X: We need to design a new system, it must be three times faster than the current one.

This is “ comma splice” mistakes.

This sentence has two main clauses: 1) We need to design a new system, and 2) it must bethree times faster than the one we have now. Therefore, we cannot join the clauses with acomma because it is not one of the options we saw for coordination.

A similar error is called a “run-on” sentence.EXAMPLE

X: We need to design a new system it must be three times faster than the current one.

The solution is to use one of the three ways to join a compound sentence, subordination, orto break it up into two sentences by putting a period between the clauses.

Coordination solutionsCORRECT: We need to design a new system, but it must be three times faster than the current

one.CORRECT: We need to design a new system; it must be three times faster than the current one.CORRECT: We need to design a new system; however, it must be three times faster than the

current one. Subordination solutions

CORRECT: We need to design a new system that must be three times faster than the current one Separate sentences

CORRECT: We need to design a new system. It must be three times faster than the current one.

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