Use a comma to seperate 2 parts of a sentence (clauses) that could stand alone.
Student Examples:
School is very good for learning, but the food is not very good. - Jacob Bentley
I like baseball, yet I am not very good at it. - Breanna Miller
I like hanging out with friends, for they are fun. - Kylie Higgins-Hoyle
Master Text Examples
Lilly sighed, but obediently she got down from her chair. John Christopher, The Pool of Fire, Macmillian, Publishing Comp.,New York,1970
It was impossible to tell how they had died, but it may have been through despair.
Lowry Lois, The Giver, New York: New York Times, 1933
The enterprise had failed, and they must cut their losses.
John Christopher, The Pool of Fire, Macmillian, Publishing Comp.,New York,1970
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