3 Correct Sentences With Coordination
- “Both identities are within the same Discourse, but they have different roles within the Discourse”
This is an example of a proper use of coordination because two ideas are linked together using a coordinating conjunction; but. Both ideas are equal in importance. If I took “but” out, I could make each phrase its own sentence. I wanted to emphasize both parts equally to show the reader the connection between different identities within a Discourse, as well as their different roles.
- “They are trying to explain that researchers 20 years ago have a much different identity within the Discourse than researchers today, and would therefore need a differently worded title to fit their desires”
This uses the coordinating conjunction of “and” to link two equal ideas. If I took out “and”, I could make separate sentences. I wanted to emphasize both parts of this sentence to explain to the reader that there is a correlation between time and identity: identity is changing over time.
- “Not only could it be rejected, but the paper could also be a lot more difficult for students or other researchers to understand”
This is an example of a coordination because two similar ideas are being linked together using the coordinating conjunction of “but”. I wanted to emphasize both parts of the sentence to show readers that there is more than just one consequence of not following the science Discourse.
2 Correct Sentences With Subordination
- “Nair and Nair’s ideas of following the journal’s rules also fall under Gee’s building block of identities because each journal has its own identity that they want their articles to abide by”
The subordinate clause of this sentence would be “because each journal has its own identity that they want their articles to abide by”. This is an example of emphasizing one idea over another. I wanted to emphasize the last part of the sentence to show readers that without journals having their own identity, there wouldn’t be a connection to Gee’s building blocks.
- “The building blocks are categories that writings within an overall text can fall under to better explain the text, which closely relates to Haas’ idea of a rhetorical frame”
This is an example of subordination because it is connecting two ideas, one less important than the first. The phrase would be “which closely relates to Haas’ idea of a rhetorical frame”, leaving the subordinate clause actually at the beginning of the sentence. I wanted to emphasize the beginning of the sentence over the end because it is the main point of what I was trying to say. I added the Haas connection to make my idea a little more understandable.
