Coordination and Subordination

Coordination

  1. “ IMRaD stands for Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, And, Discussion, and was outlined by environmental scientists Nair and Nair, as well as the Carnegie Mellon University.”
    1. This works because it connects two sentences together, without making one idea more important than the other.  These two sentences are related to one another, but aren’t in opposition, so ‘and’ was used to connect them, instead of having two smaller sentences, or one comma spliced sentence.
  2. “In saying this, Haas shows that, although she hasn’t changed her identity, Eliza has grown within her identity, as she learned more about the Discourse, and changed it from being a rookie to the Discourse to being someone more educated.”
    1. This one also works because of the connecting of these two sentences.  This sentence could have been separated into 2 smaller sentences, but since they have the same idea and are connected closely to one another, these sentences could be combined.
  3. “It is emphasized here the significance of talking and reporting data properly, as well as states how to do it properly and effectively.”
    1. This one is a little different from the other two, because instead of ‘and’ it uses ‘as well as’, but it has the same idea.  This sentence could be split up into 2 agreeing sentences, but works better as one.

Subordination

  1. “In saying this, Haas shows that, although she hasn’t changed her identity, Eliza has grown within her identity, as she learned more about the Discourse, and changed it from being a rookie to the Discourse to being someone more educated.”
    1. Even though this sentence has a short introduction, this use of although immediately tells the reader that, even though the first part is true, it is less important, or at least that the next sentence is more relevant.
  2. “What Nair and Nair are saying is that, although it seems like a complete outline, there are components missing, or other things that could be added to make the paper more detailed and accurate.”
    1. This use of ‘although’ shows that the first part of the sentence is less important than the second part, or that the first part isn’t necessarily true.

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