Conjunctions

A conjunction is a word that "joins". A conjunction joins two parts of a sentence.
Here are some example conjunctions:

Coordinating Conjunctions                     Subordinating Conjunctions
*and, but, or, nor, for, yet, so*           *although, because, since, unless*

We can consider conjunctions from three aspects. Forms, function and position.

Form
Conjunctions have three basic forms:

• Single Word
for example: and, but, because, although

• Compound (often ending with as or that)
for example: provided that, as long as, in order that

• Correlative (surrounding an adverb or adjective)
for example: so...that

Function
Conjunctions have two basic functions or "jobs":

• Coordinating conjunctions are used to join two parts of a sentence that are grammatically equal. The two parts may be single words or clauses, for example:
- Jack and Jill went up the hill.

- The water was warm but I didn't go swimming.                                   

• Subordinating conjunctions are used to join a subordinate dependent clause to a main clause, for example:
- I went swimming, although it was cold.

Position

• Coordinating conjunctions always come between the words or clauses that they join.

• Subordinating conjunctions usually come at the beginning of the subordinate clause.

In next lesson we will look in more detail at:

• Coordinating Conjunctions

• Subordinating Conjunctions

*some conjunction can be seen in this text..

  can you count how many is there?