A conjunction is a part of speech that connects words, phrases, or clauses. There are three main types of conjunctions: coordinating conjunctions like "and" and "or" that join individual elements; subordinating conjunctions like "after" and "because" that introduce dependent clauses; and correlative conjunctions like "both...and" that always appear in pairs linking equivalent elements.
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A conjunction is a part of speech that connects words, phrases, or clauses. There are three main types of conjunctions: coordinating conjunctions like "and" and "or" that join individual elements; subordinating conjunctions like "after" and "because" that introduce dependent clauses; and correlative conjunctions like "both...and" that always appear in pairs linking equivalent elements.
A conjunction is a part of speech that connects words, phrases, or clauses. There are three main types of conjunctions: coordinating conjunctions like "and" and "or" that join individual elements; subordinating conjunctions like "after" and "because" that introduce dependent clauses; and correlative conjunctions like "both...and" that always appear in pairs linking equivalent elements.
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A conjunction is a part of speech that connects words, phrases, or clauses. There are three main types of conjunctions: coordinating conjunctions like "and" and "or" that join individual elements; subordinating conjunctions like "after" and "because" that introduce dependent clauses; and correlative conjunctions like "both...and" that always appear in pairs linking equivalent elements.
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CONJUNCTION
What is a Conjunction? - is a part of speech that connects two words, sentences, phrases or clauses together.
For Example:
I ate the pizza and the pasta.
Call the movers when you are ready.
I was taught that the way of progress was neither swift nor easy.
TYPES:
a) Co-ordinating Conjunctions - to join individual words, phrases, and independent clauses. - FANBOYS (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so.)
Example: - Lilacs and violets are usually purple. - This movie is particularly interesting to feminist film theorists, for the screenplay was written by Mae West.
- Daniel's uncle claimed that he spent most of his youth dancing on rooftops and swallowing goldfish.
b) Subordinating Conjunctions - introduces a dependent clause and indicates the nature of the relationship among the independent clause(s) and the dependent clause(s). - after, although, as, as far as, as if, as long as, as soon as, as though, because, before, if, in order that, since, so, so that, than, though, unless, until, when, whenever, where, where as, wherever, and while
Example: After she had learned to drive, Alice felt more independent. If the paperwork arrives on time, your cheque will be mailed on Tuesday. Gerald had to begin his thesis over again when his computer crashed. Midwifery advocates argue that home births are safer because the mother and baby are exposed to fewer people and fewer germs.
c) Correlative Conjunctions - always appear in pairs -- you use them to link equivalent sentence elements.
- both...and," "either...or," "neither...nor,", only...but also," "so...as," and "whether...or.
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Examples: Both my grandfather and my father worked in the steel plant. Bring either a Jello salad or a potato scallop. Corinne is trying to decide whether to go to medical school or to go to law school. The explosion destroyed not only the school but also the neighboring pub.
