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What Is A Conjunction

In grammar, a conjunction is a part of speech that connects words, phrases, or clauses. There are three main types of conjunctions: coordinating conjunctions like "for", "and", "nor", which join individual words and clauses; subordinating conjunctions like "after", "as", "because", which join a dependent clause to an independent clause; and correlative conjunctions which always appear in pairs like "either...or" to coordinate two items.

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What Is A Conjunction

In grammar, a conjunction is a part of speech that connects words, phrases, or clauses. There are three main types of conjunctions: coordinating conjunctions like "for", "and", "nor", which join individual words and clauses; subordinating conjunctions like "after", "as", "because", which join a dependent clause to an independent clause; and correlative conjunctions which always appear in pairs like "either...or" to coordinate two items.

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What is a Conjunction?

In grammar, an English conjunction is a part of speech that connects


two words, phrases or clauses together. You can use a conjunction
to link words, phrases, and clauses, as in the following example:

 The park is empty now, but it will be filled with children after
school.
 You can stay on the bus until you reach London.
Coordinating Conjunctions

We use a coordinating conjunction “for,” “and,” “nor,” “but,”


“or,” “yet” or “so” to join individual words, phrases, and
independent clauses.

n easy way to remember these six conjunctions is to think of


the word FANBOYS. Each of the letters in this somewhat unlikely
word is the first letter of one of the coordinating conjunctions.

Subordinating Conjunctions

A subordinating conjunction is a word which joins together a


dependent clause and an independent clause.

Common subordinating conjunctions: after, as, as far as, as if, as


long as, as soon as, as though, because, before, even if, even
though, every time, if, in order that, since, so, so
that, than, though, unless, until, while, when, whenever, where
, whereas, wherever, and although.

Correlative Conjunctions

Correlative conjunctions are pairs of conjunctions which work


together to coordinate two items. They always appear in pairs.

There are many different pairs of correlative conjunctions:

 either…or
 not only…but (also)
 neither…nor
 both…and
 whether…or
 just as…so
 the…the
 as…as
 as much…as
 no sooner…than
 rather…than
Correlative conjunctions consist simply of a coordinating
conjunction linked to an adjective or adverb.

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