Meaning of fanboys | Babel Free

Definitions

Acronym used to remember the coordinating conjunctions for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so.

mnemonic, plural, plural-only

Equivalents

Examples

“The risk is greater with subordinating conjunctions (see “Starting a Sentence with Because”), but the FANBOYS are sometimes considered guilty by association: […]”

“These FANBOYS help create compound sentences, and when they serve this role, a comma comes before their use.”

“Avoid putting a comma immediately after any of the FANBOYS.”

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