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1021596_CH06.qxp 12/10/07 8:59 AM Page 61 ✺ 6 Combining Sentences The simple sentence, the most basic sentence in the English lan- guage, can be exceptionally useful and powerful. Some of the great- est statements in literature have been presented in the simple sentence. Its strength is in its singleness of purpose. However, a piece of writing made up of a long series of simple sentences is likely to be monotonous. Moreover, the form may suggest a separateness of ideas that does not serve your purpose well. If your ideas are closely related, some equal in importance and some not, you can combine sentences to show the relationships between your ideas. ✺ Coordination: The Compound Sentence If you intend to communicate two equally important and closely re- lated ideas, you certainly will want to place them close together, probably in a compound sentence. Suppose we take two simple sentences that we want to combine: I am very tired. I worked very hard today. We have already looked at coordinating conjunctions as a way of joining independent clauses to create compound sentences. De- pending on which coordinating conjunction you use, you can show different kinds of relationships. (The following list is arranged ac- cording to the FANBOYS acronym. Only the first conjunction joins the original two sentences.) For shows a reason: I am very tired, for I worked very hard today. And shows equal ideas: I am very tired, and I want to r