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(Using FANBOYS) I don't eat red beans. I am allergic to them.
I don't eat red beans, for I am allergic to them
(Using FANBOYS) The girl went to Starbucks; bought a coffee.
The girl went to Starbucks, and bought a coffee.
(Using FANBOYS) She doesn't like apples. She doesn't like pears.
She doesn't like apples, nor does she like pears.
(Using FANBOYS) John likes movies. John hates scary movies.
John likes movies, but he hates scary ones.
(Using FANBOYS) We could go to a zoo. We could go to a theme park instead.
We could go to a zoo, or we could go to a theme park.
(Using FANBOYS) He was nervous. He finished the test anyway.
He was nervous, yet he finished the test anyway.
(Using FANBOYS) The weather has been getting colder, I put on a jacket.
The weather has been getting colder, so I put on a jacket.
(Using FANBOYS) Samantha drank some water. She was dehydrated.
Samantha drank some water, for she was dehydrated.
(Using FANBOYS) All the children wanted to eat pizza. No one brought any money.
All the children wanted to eat pizza, but no one brought any money.
(Using FANBOYS) The weather was hot and humid; we enjoyed our afternoon.
The weather was hot and humid, yet we enjoyed our afternoon.
(Using FANBOYS) He was sick; did not go to school.
He was sick, so he did not go to school.
(Using FANBOYS) The virus cannot live in immunized people or in nature.
The virus cannot live in immunized people, nor in nature.
(Using semicolons) I have a big test tomorrow and can't go out tonight.
I have a big test tomorrow; I can't go out tonight.
(Using Semicolons) Mary drives a Mercedes Tesla drives a Tesla.
Mary drives a Mercedes; Shelby drives a Tesla.
I have been to Madrid and Barcelona, Spain, Berlin; Germany Rome and Florence Italy, and Mexico City, Mexico.
I have been to Madrid and Barcelona, Spain; Berlin, Germany; Rome and Florence, Italy; and Mexico City, Mexico.
