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FANBOYS - For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So: Avoid run-on sentences and other grammatical errors by using connectives. The list of those seven coordinating conjunctions are given here. Here are the relationships that the seven coordinators show:
For
!presses a result-cause relationship"(Because, Since) I ill get financial aid for college (result), #or I a!!lied on the first day.(cause) She fle as much as she could (result),#or she loved flying.(cause)
And
Chronological order I ent to the station(first) and aited for half an hour.(second) I had brea"fast and left for or". !presses surprise #e is $% and he s!ea"s % languages&( o Adding two si$ilar sources" #is job brought in several thousand dollars a month (a source of '), and he got another large sum from an inheritance (a second source). really&)
Nor
()!resses a relationshi! of addition li"e *and*, but it+s an addition ofnegatives
,orms cannot s im, nor can they al". -ohn did not li"e movies, nor did he care much for television.
But
()!resses o!!osition bet een t o ideas. She bought food %ut she forgot the drin"s. I can understand everything %ut I can+t s!ea" very Idea of e)ce!tion I li"e everything %ut onions. This ebsite is about nothing but free (nglish lessons.
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Or
Indicates alternatives .ou can come ith me if you ant to or you can stay home. ,e can atch a movie or have dinner outside.
Yet
It e)!resses o!!osition bet een ideas (just li"e *but*) She got the job she anted, &et she discovered that she hated it.
So
hile for sho s a result-cause relationshi!, *so* sho s a cause-result. She loved flying(cause), so she fle as much as she could.(result) I a!!lied on the first day, so I ill get financial aid for college.
Su%ordinating Conjunctions
Conjunction after 'eaning time se0uence concession and contrast time !lace !a$ple I left a#ter you came Although I failed my last t o e)ams, I !assed. Ta"e notes as you read the article. I ill come go. ith you as #ar as you
although as as far as
as if
manner conditional time time cause cause 2 blame time se0uence time
ere
I ill hel! you as long as you don+t disa!!oint me. 1all me as soon as !ossible. I lied to her %ecause you told me to. I lied to her %ecause o# you. I left %e#ore you came. /inish your or"sheet %& the ti$e I come bac". I !assed even though I failed my last t o e)ams.
by the time
even though
des!ite
ho ever
contrast
,e s!ent so much time on it,however, the boss didn+t li"e it. Ta"e your umbrella case it rains. ith you in
1all 3$$ in case o# emergency. I ant to im!rove my (nglish in order to communicate better. I ant to im!rove my (nglish so that I can communicate better (hough I failed my last t o e)ams, I !assed. I "no her, she on+t te)t me unless I te)t her first. It+s sto!!age time, e are going to lose the game unless a miracle saves us. I have until)till /riday to ta"e my grammar 0ui4. ,ere they aslee! when you arrived& She goes sho!!ing whenever she ants. It+s only $5.%6 here, whereas it is 7 o+cloc" in 8argaritaville. #e follo s me wherever I go.
so that
though
unless
condition
hereas herever
Correlative Conjunction
Both"""and
1onnects t o !ositives (this and that)
She is beautiful and she is smart. She is %oth beautiful and smart. Both 8ia and 9atie are coming. See both...and 2 neither for details.
ither """ or
:ne of t o She is either 56 or 55 years old. .ou either come ith us or I ill !unish you. See either or details
She is not onl& beautiful %ut also very intelligent. #e disa!!ointed not onl& his father %ut also everybody else around him.
List of Conjunctions
They may be small words, but conjunctions are highly functional and very important for constructing sentences. As you can see in the first sentence I used the coordinating conjunction and to link different parts of the sentence, which is the main job of conjunctions. asically, conjunctions join words, phrases and clauses together. This article provides a brief overview of the different types of conjunctions and their function in sentences.
Coordinating Conjunctions
!. And ". ut #. $r %. &or '. (or ). *et +. ,o The words above are called coordinating conjunctions. They join words, phrases, or independent clauses of a sentence together. The word coordinate(verb) means of the same order or importance; equal in ran .! "o, coordinating conjunctions often lin similar grammatical parts of a sentence together (i.e. parts of speech # parts of speech; phrase # phrase; clause # clause). $et%s ta e a loo at some sentences with coordinating conjunctions& !. $n (riday night we watched T- and a movie. ". .e went to the park, but we did not have time for the museum. #. ,he has to work late tonight, so she cannot make it to party. %. /et0s meet at the beach or in front of the hotel. 's you can see from the above e(amples coordinating conjunctions come in between the individual words, phrases, and independent clauses they are joining. )n the sentences above& !. 1and1 is between two nouns
". 1but1 is between two independent phrases #. 1so1 is between two independent phrases %. 1or1 is between two prepositional phrases
Subordinating Conjunctions
*ere+s a list of some of the most common subordinating conjunctions& after although as because before how if once since than that though till until when where whether while "ubordinating conjunctions join an independent clause (contains both a subject and a verb and can act as a complete sentence) and a dependent clause(also contains a subject and a verb, but is not a complete sentence). ,asically, dependent clauses cannot e(ist on their own; they need to be joined to an independent clause. "ubordinating conjunctions do just that. The wordsubordinate (adjective) means something of lesser or unequal value, which
also gives you a clue about its position in a sentence in relation to an independent clause. $et+s ta e a loo at some e(amples& !. They went running 2independent clause3, although it was very hot 2dependent clause3. ". .e decided to take a couple of (rench classes this summer 2independent clause3, since we could not go away on vacation 2dependent clause3. #. 4onica went to law school in &ew *ork, while her brother went to law school in 5alifornia. "ubordinating conjunctions always come at the beginning of a dependent clause. )t%s important to note, however, that dependent clauses can sometimes (not always) come before an independent clause. -e could write the above sentences this way& !. Although it was very hot, they went running. ". Since we could not go away on vacation 2dependent clause3, we decided to take a couple of (rench classes this summer 2independent clause3. #. While her brother went to law school in 5alifornia, 4onica went to law school in 5alifornia. .. -hile coordinating conjunctions join parts of sentence that are similar, subordinating conjunctions often shows a contrasting or unequal relationship.
Correlative Conjunctions
both 6 and not only 6 but also either 6 or neither 6 nor whether 6 or /orrelative conjunctions come in pairs. The word correlative (adjective) means a similar relationship of some ind. Thus correlative conjunctions join similar concepts in a sentence together. 0(amples& !. .e talked both to her parents and her doctor. ". 7ason not only speaks 5hinese, but also 7apanese and 8orean. #. *ou can have either pie or a cake.
%. ,he neither liked the hotel nor the restaurant. '. 9verything depends on whether he gets the teaching job in 7une or the one in ,eptember. "imilar to coordinating conjunctions, correlative conjunctions joins similar grammatical parts of a sentence (parts of speech # parts of speech; phrase # phrase; clause # clause).
What Is a Conjunction?
.hat is a conjunction: you ask: .ell, essentially, a conjunction is the glue that sticks words, phrases and clauses 2both dependent and independent3 together. There are three different kinds of conjunction ; coordinating, subordinating and correlative ; each serving its own, distinct purpose, but all serving to bring words together.
to the nature of the relationship between the dependent and the independent clause. )n 0nglish, there are lots of subordinating conjunctions, but the most common ones are 5after,5 5although,5 5as,5 5because,5 5before,5 5how,5 5if,5 5once,5 5since,5 5than,5 5that,5 5though,5 5until,5 5when,5 5where,5 5whether,5 and 5while.5 *ere are a few e(amples of how subordinating conjunctions are used& Because of you, I never stray too far from the sidewalk 28elly 5larkson3. If you leave me now, youAll take away the biggest part of me 2?eter 5etera65hicago3. When I see you smile, I can face the world 2 ad 9nglish3. B*ouC donAt know what youAve got til itAs gone 25inderella3. I guess IAll never be the same since I fell for you 2 . . 8ing3. As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I take a look at my life and realiDe thereAs nothing left 25oolio3.