Conjunctions

Conjunctions

• Conjunctions are words that link other words, phrases, or clauses together.
• Without conjunctions, you’d be forced to express every complex idea in a series of short, simplistic sentences: I like cooking. I like eating. I don’t like washing dishes afterward.
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Coordinating Conjunctions

• Coordinating Conjunctions allow you to join words, phrases, and clauses of equal grammatical rank in a sentence.
• . The most common coordinating conjunctions are for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so; you can remember them by using the mnemonic device FANBOYS.
• For - To show reason Ex: I told her to leave, for I was very tired
• And - To add information Ex: Rachel plays the piano and sings
• Nor - To add negative information Ex: He does not enjoy eating vegetables, nor does he enjoy eating fruit.
• But - To show contrast Ex: Jesse didn’t have much money, but she got by.
• Or - To give a choice Ex: I’d like pizza or a salad for lunch
• Yet -To show concession or to contrast Ex: The weather was cold, yet bright and sunny
• So - To show result Ex: We needed a place to concentrate, so we packed up our things and went to the library

Subordinating Conjunctions

• Subordinating Conjunctions join independent and dependent clauses, clauses is the basic unit of grammar, must contain a verb. A subordinating conjunction can signal a cause-and-effect relationship, a contrast, or some other kind of relationship between the clauses.
• A subordinating clause is a part of a sentence that adds additional information to the main clause. A subordinating conjunction is simply the word/words that is used to join a subordinating clause to another clause or sentence.
• "He was annoyed, the train had stopped."
• "He was annoyed because the train had stopped."
• By adding 'because' we are linking the subordinating clause "the train had stopped" with the main clause "He was annoyed".

Subordinating Conjunctions

• . There are six main classes of conjunctions, categorized by meaning: time, concession, comparison, cause, condition, and place.

Subordinating Conjunctions

• Time time-related conjunctions establish a period when the main clause will be or was performed. These include after, as soon as, as long as, before, once, still, until, when, whenever, and while.
• Concession conjunctions help to redefine the main clause by providing additional context regarding conditions of delivery. Concession conjunctions highlight an action that took place in spite of an obstacle or hindrance and they include although, as though, and even though.
• Comparison Similarly, comparison conjunctions—which include just as, though, whereas, in contrast to, and while—help to establish correlations by providing context for comparison
• Cause conjunctions illuminate the reason(s) that the activities of a main clause were performed and are commonly engineered using as, because, in order that, since, and so that.
• Condition conjunctions introduce rules under which a main clause performs. These are indicated by even if, if, in case, provided that, and unless.
• Place conjunctions, which determine where activities might occur, include where, wherever, and whereas.