Compound sentences combine two or more independent sentences into one with the use of conjunctions known as F A N B O Y S . The two independent sentences are usually separated by a comma. The acronym stays for: F – for A – and N – nor B – but O – or Y – yet S – so Examples of compound sentences: My father is at home, and my mother is at work. More than one hundred people applied for the job, but only two were hired. There are three types of compound sentences: The one that consists of two independent sentences separated by a comma and one of the FANBOYS conjunctions : – More than one hundred people applied for the job, but only two were hired. Two compound clauses are devided by a semicolon (;). The idea is that two sentences are related to one another although there is no any conjunctions in the sentence. – Susan wrote a novel; she wrote it really well! NOTES: -do not use a comma ins...