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* thus a conjunction  
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=== Simple conjunction ===
=== Coordinator or Coordinating Conjunction ===


* joins words
* joins words of equal syntactic forms or importance
** i.e., joins like words or sentence parts
*** = joins nouns or join verbs but not nouns to verbs
*** joins independent clauses
**** ''Tennis is fun''', but''' it takes practice''
*** joins dependent clauses
**** ''Since tennis takes practice, and although it takes much time, it is worth the effort''
*** joins phrases
**** On Tuesday
*** but does not join a dependent clause or phrase to an independent clause
* ex.  
* ex.  
** "She '''''and''''' he went shopping."
** "She '''''and''''' he went shopping."

Latest revision as of 19:51, 3 August 2022

Conjunction combines words, phrases or clauses.

  • Conjunction etymology
    • con- = with
    • junct from Latin iugare for "to join"
      • note that Latin has no letter "J", so the English "J" sound is cognate with the Latin "iu" sound (yoo)
      • junct is from PIE origin *yeug- "to join"
    • -ion = makes a noun

Types of conjunctions[edit | edit source]

  • conjunctions are used to combine words, sentence elements and ideas
  • thus a conjunction

Coordinator or Coordinating Conjunction[edit | edit source]

  • joins words of equal syntactic forms or importance
    • i.e., joins like words or sentence parts
      • = joins nouns or join verbs but not nouns to verbs
      • joins independent clauses
        • Tennis is fun, but it takes practice
      • joins dependent clauses
        • Since tennis takes practice, and although it takes much time, it is worth the effort
      • joins phrases
        • On Tuesday
      • but does not join a dependent clause or phrase to an independent clause
  • ex.
    • "She and he went shopping."
    • "Apples or oranges are good for you"

Coordinating conjunction[edit | edit source]

Correlative conjunction[edit | edit source]

  • "correlates" to conjunctions
  • as / as
    • the test was not as bad as I thought
  • either / or
    • Either you go or I will
  • no sooner / than
    • No sooner than I got there, I realized I left my wallet behind
  • neither / nor
    • Neither you nor she can go
  • rather / than
    • The mailman would rather deliver in the rain than snow.
  • whether / or
    • Whether you like it or not...

Subordinating conjunction[edit | edit source]

Prepositions as conjunctions[edit | edit source]

  • a preposition and its object (prepositional phrase) modify another noun or verb
  • however, some prepositions can also act as a conjunction
    • ex.
      • preposition: We ate dinner after the reception
      • conjunction: We ate dinner after the guests left

Adverbial conjunction[edit | edit source]

Rules for conjunctions[edit | edit source]

  • todo:
  • When using "or" in a list of subjects, the verb conjugates to the last subject
  • ex.
    • Girls or the boy is