CONJUCTIONS

 CONJUCTIONS : conjunction is a part of speech that connects words, phrases, or clauses that are called the conjuncts of the conjoining construction. The term discourse marker is mostly used for conjunctions joining sentences. This definition may overlap with that of other parts of speech, so what constitutes a "conjunction" must be defined for each language. In general, a conjunction is an invariable grammatical particle and it may or may not stand between the items in a conjunction.

Coordinating conjunctions: Coordinating conjunctions, also called coordinators, are conjunctions that join, or coordinate, two or more items (such as words, main clauses, or sentences) of equal syntactic importance. In English, the acronym FANBOYS can be used to remember the coordinators for, and, nor.

Here are some examples of coordinating conjunctions in English and what they do:

·       For – presents rationale ("They do not gamble or smoke, for they are ascetics.")

·       And – presents non-contrasting item(s) or idea(s) ("They gamble, and they smoke.")

·       Nor – presents a non-contrasting negative idea ("They do not gamble, nor do they smoke.")

·       But – presents a contrast or exception ("They gamble, but they don't smoke.")

·       Or – presents an alternative item or idea ("Every day they gamble, or they smoke.")

·       Yet – presents a contrast or exception ("They gamble, yet they don't smoke.")

·       So – presents a consequence ("He gambled well last night, so he smoked a cigar to celebrate.")

Correlative conjunctions they work in pairs to join words and groups of words of equal weight in a sentence. There are many different pairs of correlative conjunctions:

·       either...or

·       not only...but (also)

·       neither...nor

·       both...and

·       whether...or

·       just as...so

·       the...the

·       as...as

·       as much...as

·       no sooner...than

·       rather...than

Subordinating conjunctions, also called subordinators, are conjunctions that join an independent clause and a dependent clause, and also introduce adverb clauses. The most common subordinating conjunctions in the English language include after, although, as, as far as, as if, as long as, as soon as, as though, because, before, even if, even though, every time, if, in order that, since, so, so that, than, though, unless, until, when, whenever, where, whereas, wherever, and while.