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Conjunctions

Examples of conjunctions: Conjunctions connect clauses, phrases, and words.

There are three classes of conjunctions:
  1. Coordinating conjunctions connect clauses, phrases, and words that are equivalent: two adjectives, two nouns, two verbs, etc. (and, but, for, nor, or, so, yet)

    • I'll take a burger and fries. (nouns connected)
    • I want to run and to swim. (verbs connected)
    • James Bond drinks a martini shaken but not stirred. (adjectives connected)

  2. Correlative conjunctions come in pairs:

    • both...and
    • either...or
    • not only...but also
    • neither...nor
    • whether...or
      • The color of that cat is not red but orange.
      • I don't care whether it rains or it shines, we're going swimming.

  3. Subordinating conjunctions connect elements that differ grammatically, and there are many listed below, and we probably missed a few:
    after
    although
    as
    before
    however
    if
    once
    since
    unless
    until
    when
    whenever
    .
    where
    whereas
    .

    He has not been happy since his cat ran away.
    We were on the ship when the whistle blew.



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