A conjunction is a part of speech that is used to connect words, phrases, clauses, or sentences.

Conjunctions are
considered to be invariable grammar particle, and they may or may not stand between items they conjoin.

Types of Conjunctions
There are several different types of conjunctions that do various jobs within sentence structures. These include:

Subordinating conjunctions Also known as subordinators, these conjunctions join dependent clauses to
independent clauses.
Coordinating conjunction Also known as coordinators, these conjunctions coordinate or join two or more sentences,
main clauses, words, or other parts of speech which are of the same syntactic importance.
Correlative conjunction These conjunctions correlate, working in pairs to join phrases or words that carry equal
importance within a sentence.
Conjunctive adverbs While some instructors do not teach conjunctive adverbs alongside conjunctions, these
important parts of speech are worth a mention here. These adverbs always connect one clause to another, and are
used to show sequence, contrast, cause and effect, and other relationships.
When people first learn to write, they usually begin with short, basic sentences like these: My name is Ted. I am a boy. I
like dogs. One of the most important jobs conjunctions do is to connect these short sentences so they sound more like
this: I am a boy named Ted, and I like dogs.

Conjunction Rules
There are a few important rules for using conjunctions. Remember them and you will find that your writing flows better:

Conjunctions are for connecting thoughts, actions, and ideas as well as nouns, clauses, and other parts of speech. For
example: Mary went to the supermarket and bought oranges.
Conjunctions are useful for making lists. For example: We made pancakes, eggs, and coffee for breakfast.
When using conjunctions, make sure that all the parts of your sentences agree. For example: I work busily yet am
careful does not agree. I work busily yet carefully shows agreement.

Conjunctions List
There are only a few common conjunctions, yet these words perform many functions: They present explanations, ideas,
exceptions, consequences, and contrasts. Here is a list of conjunctions commonly used in American English:

And
As
Because
But
For
Just as
Or
Neither
Nor
Not only
So
Whether
Yet

Examples of Conjunctions
In the following examples, the conjunctions are in bold for easy recognition:

I tried to hit the nail but hit my thumb instead.

I have two goldfish and a cat.
Id like a bike for commuting to work.
 You can have peach ice cream or a brownie sundae.
Neither the black dress northe gray one looks right on me.
My dad always worked hard so we could afford the things we wanted.
I try very hard in school yet I am not receiving good grades.

Conjunction Exercises
The following exercises will help you gain greater understanding about how conjunctions work. Choose the best answer
to complete each sentence.

8. My brother loves animals. He just brought a puppy __________ a kitten home with him.
1. But
2. Or
3. Yet
4. And
Answer: 4. My brother loves animals. He just brought a puppy and a kitten home with him.

9. Id like to thank you ______ the lovely gift.

1. Or
2. For
3. And
4. Yet
Answer: 2. Id like to thank you for the lovely gift.

10. I want to go for a hike _____ I have to go to work today.

1. But
2. Yet
3. Or
4. For
Answer: 1. I want to go for a hike but I have to go to work today.

11. They do not smoke, _____ do they play cards.

1. And
2. Or
3. Nor
4. Yet
Answer: 3. They do not smoke, nor do they play cards.

12. Im getting good grades _________ I study every day.

1. Or
2. Yet
3. But
4. Because
Answer: 4. Im getting good grades because I study every day.
 Examples of Apostrophes

"Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are. Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the
sky." This nursery rhyme from 'The Star', written by Jane Taylor, is a child's address to a star. Talking to a star
being an imaginary idea, this rhyme makes for a classic example of an Apostrophe.
"Blue Moon, you saw me standing alone Without a dream in my heart Without a love of my own." - from "Blue
Moon" by Lorenz Hart
"Oh! Stars and clouds and winds, ye are all about to mock me; if ye really pity me, crush sensation and
memory; let me become as nought; but if not, depart, depart, and leave me in darkness."- from Frankenstein by
Mary Shelly.
"Forerunner, I would like to say, silent pilot, Little dry death, future, Your indirections are as strange to me As
my own. I know so little that anything You might tell me would be a revelation." - from 'Sire' The Second Four
Books of Poems by W.S. Merwin.
"O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, / That I am meek and gentle with these butchers! / Thou art the
ruins of the noblest man / That ever lived in the tide of times." - from Julius Caesar
 "To what green altar, O mysterious priest, / Lead'st thou that heifer lowing at the skies, / And all her silken
flanks with garlands drest?" - from "Ode on a Grecian Urn" by John Keats
"Roll on thou dark and deep Blue Ocean." - from "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" by Lord Byron
Busy old fool, unruly sun, Why dost thou thus, Through windows, and through curtains call on us? - from "The
Sun Rising" by John Donne.
"Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee! I have thee
not, and yet I see thee still." - from Macbeth by Shakespeare
"O eloquent, just, and mighty Death!" - from 'A Historie of the World' by Sir Walter Raleigh.
"Death, be not proud, though some have called thee / Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so" - From "Holy
Sonnet X" by John Donne.
"Then come, sweet death, and rid me of this grief." - Christopher Malowe
"O My friends, there is no friend." - from Montaigne by Aristotle
"Ah Bartleby! Ah Humanity!" - from 'Bartleby, the Scrivener' by Herman Melville
"O black night, nurse of the golden eyes!" - from Euripides' Electra (translation) by David Kovacs.
"Then come, sweet death, and rid me of this grief." - from 'Queen Isabela in Edward II' by Christopher Malowe.
Busy old fool, unruly sun, Why dost thou thus, Through windows, and through curtains call on us? - from 'The
Sun Rising' by John Donne.
"O western wind, when wilt thou blow That the small rain down can rain?" "Bright star, would I were steadfast
as thou art" - by John Keats
"Welcome, O life! I go to encounter for the millionth time the reality of experience and to forge in the smithy of
my soul the uncreated conscience of my race." - from 'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man' by James Joyce.
"Forerunner, I would like to say, silent pilot, Little dry death, future, Your indirections are as strange to me As
my own. I know so little that anything You might tell me would be a revelation." - from 'Sire' by W.S. Merwin.
"O stranger of the future! O inconceivable being! whatever the shape of your house, however you scoot from
place to place, no matter how strange and colorless the clothes you may wear,I bet nobody likes a wet dog
either. I bet everyone in your pub, even the children, pushes her away." from "To a Stranger Born in Some
Distant Country Hundreds of Years from Now' by Billy Collins.
"Dear Ella, Our Special First Lady of Song, You gave your best for so long." - from 'Dear Ella' by Kenny Burrell.
Value of wisdom that fadeth not away with time, virtue ever flourishing that cleanseth its possessor from all
venom! O heavenly gift of the divine bounty, descending from the Father of lights, that thou mayest exalt the
rational soul to the very heavens! Thou art the celestial nourishment of the intellect ... --Richard de Bury
Books who alone are liberal and free, who give to all who ask of you and enfranchise all who serve you
faithfully! -- Richard de Bury
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those sent to her! How often I wanted to
gather your children together, just as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not have it!
So, this is how you use apostrophe