CONJUNCTIONS

CONJUNCTIONS

1. Conjunctions are words that link other words, phrases, or clauses together.

   • EXAMPLE: I like cooking and eating, but I don’t like washing dishes afterward.
     • there are three types of conjunctions
       • Correlative Conjunctions
         • Correlative conjunctions are pairs of conjunctions that work together.
           • Some examples are either/or, neither/nor, and not only/but also
             • Correlative Conjunctions both/and, either/or, neither/nor, not only/but, whether/or
       • Subordinating Conjunctions
         • Subordinating conjunctions join independent and dependent clauses.
           • can signal a cause-and-effect relationship, a contrast, or some other kind of relationship
             • Some Subordinating Conjunctions after, although, as, as if, as long as, as much as, as soon as, as though, because, before, by the time, even if, even though, if, in order that, in case, in the event that, lest , now that, once, only, only if, provided that, since, so, supposing, that, than, though, till, unless, until, when, whenever, where, whereas, wherever, whether or not, while
       • Coordinating Conjunctions
         • a subordinating conjunction can begin a sentence if the dependent clause comes before the independent clause
           • Beginning too many sentences with conjunctions will cause the device to lose its force, however, so use this technique sparingly
             • Coordinating Conjunctions for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so