'Yet' as a subordinator or as a FANBOYS conjunction

[YANFEIG811]

Hi, I have a question about the usage of 'Yet' in the Manhattan Prep SC book.

On page 63, it says that 'Yet' is a conjunction. Two complete sentences can be connected using a comma plus a conjunction.

On page 65, in the subordinators section, it says that 'Yet' is a subordinator. It also says that subordinate clauses are not complete sentences.

I am confused because one says 'yet' is used in a complete sentence, and one says 'yet' is used in a non-complete sentence.

Can you please clarify the usage of both? Does 'yet' have different meaning in two situations?

Much appreciated.

[StaceyKoprince]

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I agree with you that we shouldn't put the word yet in the subordinator list. Thanks for bringing this to my attention; I will make sure this gets updated.

Do note, though, that the book says that FANBOYS can be used to connect two separate clauses; it does not say that FANBOYS must be used to connect two separate clauses or can only be used to do so. Think of the word "and"—you could say:
She likes cats and she loves dogs.
She likes cats and dogs.

In the first sentence, and connects two complete sentences / separate clauses. In the second sentence, and connects only two nouns (in this case, we have the parallel setup X and Y).

The word yet has similar flexibility.
She likes cats, yet she hates dogs. (Connecting two complete sentences)
She likes cats yet hates dogs. (Parallelism between two verbs: X yet Y)