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* thus a conjunction | * thus a 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." |