Conjunctions

Conjunctions

Are all the words used to connect sentences, phrases, or clauses together and express an idea. Also, these may be used to begin certain sentences.

Conjunctions are useful to form complex and elegant sentences avoiding the choppiness of multiple short sentences.

It’s important to Make sure that the phrases joined by conjunctions share the same structure.

Examples:

1. Luis likes to play football and basketball.

2. My brother can speak in English, but he can't understant German languaje.

3. We will play Fall Guys if we finish our homework

Types of Conjuctions

Coordinating

Correlative

They are used in pairs to join phrases or words that carry equal inportance within a sentence.

either/or, neither/nor, not only/but also, both/and, just as/so, whether/or, etc.

Always it's important to:

1. Ensure verbs agree, so the sentences make sense.

2. Make sure that pronouns agree.

3. Be sure to keep parallel structure intact.

Examples

1. Not only is Paola honest, but she is intelligent also.

2. You either clean your room or study for the exam.

3. I don't like neither the rap music nor the reggaeton music.

4. Both my father and my mom like to visit my grandfahter.

5. Whether you take breakfast or not is your decision,

6. Just as many americans love hamburgers, so many Italians love pizza.

They allow to join words, phrases, or independent clauses of equal grammatical rank in a sentence.

F - For - Because

A - And - In addition to

N - Nor - And not

B - But - However

O - Or - Either

Y - Yet - But

S - So - Therefore

1. Cordero is good at maths, yet his favourite subject is history.

2. I'm Polish but my father is Russian.

3. We have tickets for the cinema and the opera.

4. Alejandro spoke neither Polish nor Russian.

5. Would you like milk or orange juice?

Subordinating

Signal a cause-effect relationship, a contrast, etc., between independent and dependent clauses.

1. SC + dependent clause, + independent clause.

2. independent clause + SC + dependent clause

because, since, as, although, though, even though, while, whereas, unless, as long as, even if, when, before, after, how, by the time, if, so

1. She will promptly arrive at 7 PM unless her flight is delayed.

2. I was watching tv until my father arrived.

3. Now that my father is here, he may as well stay for lunch.

4. Can I come to the pool whenever I like?

5. The people were listening eagerly while the teacher was speaking.

By; José David Escobar R.

16/08/2022