Conjunctions - creado desde un Mapa Mental

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Examples

they join words, phrases and clauses together

they join words, phrases and clauses together

but

and

or

yet

Types of conjunctions

Coordinating

Subordinating

Correlative

They join word, phrases and clauses, which are usually grammatically equal.

Examples

AND: pizza and burgers are my favorite foods.

OR: We wanted to walk in the forest or on the hill.

NOR: She doesn't like coffee, nor does she like tea.

FOR: She want a phone for her birthday.

SO: It started raining, so we went home.

BUT: I wanted to go, but decided to stay.

YET: It's a small car, yet it's surprisingly spacious.

This conjunctions link a dependent clause to an independent clause.

They work in pairs to join equal elements of a sentence together.