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Conjunction

In grammar, a conjunction (abbreviated CONJ or CNJ) is a part of speech that connects two words, sentences, phrases or clauses together. A discourse connective is a conjunction joining sentences. This definition may overlap with that of other parts of speech, so what constitutes a "conjunction" must be defined for each language. In general, a conjunction is an invariable grammatical particle, and it may or may not stand between the items it conjoins. The definition may also be extended to idiomatic phrases that behave as a unit with the same function as a single-word conjunction (as well as, provided that, etc.).

You can use a conjunction to link words, phrases, and clauses, as in the following example: I ate the pizza and the pasta. Call the movers when you are ready.

Coordinating conjunctions Coordinating conjunctions, also called coordinators, are conjunctions that join two or more items of equal syntactic importance, such as words, main clauses, or sentences. In English the mnemonic acronym FANBOYS can be used to remember the coordinators for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so.[2][3] These are not the only coordinating conjunctions; various others are used, including[4]:ch. 9[5]:p. 171 "and nor" (British), "but nor" (British), "or nor" (British), "neither" ("They don't gamble; neither do they smoke"), "no more" ("They don't gamble; no more do they smoke"), and "only" ("I would go, only I don't have time"). Here are some examples of coordinating conjunctions in English and what they do:

For presents a reason ("He is gambling with his health, for he has been smoking far too long."). And presents non-contrasting item(s) or idea(s) ("They gamble, and they smoke."). Nor presents a non-contrasting negative idea ("They do not gamble, nor do they smoke."). But presents a contrast or exception ("They gamble, but they don't smoke."). Or presents an alternative item or idea ("Every day they gamble, or they smoke."). Yet presents a contrast or exception ("They gamble, yet they don't smoke."). So presents a consequence ("He gambled well last night, so he smoked a cigar to celebrate.")

Correlative conjunctions Correlative conjunctions work in pairs to join words and groups of words of equal weight in a sentence. There are six different pairs of correlative conjunctions: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. either...or not only...but also neither...nor (or increasingly neither...or) both...and whether...or just as...so

Examples:

You either do your work or prepare for a trip to the office. Not only is he handsome but he is also brilliant. Neither the basketball team nor the football team is doing well. Both the cross country team and the swimming team are doing well. Whether you stay or go is your decision. Ulysses wants to play for UConn, but he has had trouble meeting the academic requirements

Subordinating conjunctions Subordinating conjunctions, also called subordinators, are conjunctions that conjoin an independent clause and a dependent clause. The most common subordinating conjunctions in the English language include 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, e late. I hope that he'll be on time"). Some subordinating conjunctions (until and while), when used to introduce a phrase instead of a full clause, become prepositions with identical meanings. In many verb-final languages, subordinate clauses must precede the main clause on which they depend. The equivalents to the subordinating conjunctions of non-verbfinal languages such as English are either

clause-final conjunctions (e.g. in Japanese), or suffixes attached to the verb and not separate words[6]

Such languages in fact often lack conjunctions as a part of speech because: 1. the form of the verb used is formally nominalised and cannot occur in an independent clause 2. the clause-final conjunction or suffix attached to the verb is actually formally a marker of case and is also used on nouns to indicate certain functions. In this sense, the subordinate clauses of these languages have much in common with postpositional phrases.

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. List of Correlative Conjunctions These do the same thing that coordinating conjunctions do except that they are always used in pairs. Example: This cookie contains neither chocolate nor nuts. both... and either... or neither... nor not only... but also whether... or

List of Subordinating Conjunctions Subordinating conjunctions are conjunctions that join dependent clauses to independent clauses. Example: I will eat broccoli after I eat this cookie. There are many subordinating conjunctions, so keep in mind that this list does not include all of them! List of Coordinating Conjunctions Coordinating conjunctions are conjunctions that join sentence elements that are the same. Example: cookies and milk

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