Coordinators
1.
Characteristics
Punctuation
Preceded by a comma
Fixed word order
A.k.a. as Fanboys
"F" for for
"AN" for and
"B" for but
"O" for or
"S" for so
2.
Types
Reason
For obvious reasons
I am not going out since (as you can see) it is raining.
Addition
To connect sentences
To connect smaller constituents
Only links affirmative sentences
Contrast
Addition (choice)
In negative sentences use "or", not "and"
Affrimative sentence: choice
Consequence
Sentence, so sentence