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CONJUNCTIONS
Aka The Joiners
Conjunctions are words used as joiners. Different kinds of conjunctions join different kinds of grammatical structures. There are four types of conjunctions:
COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS
(FANBOYS): for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so Coordinating conjunctions connect
words to words, phrases to phrases, and clauses to clauses.
COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS
CORRELATIVE CONJUNCTIONS
either. . .or
both. . . and
neither. . . nor
not only. . . but also
CORRELATIVE CONJUNCTIONS
These pairs of conjunctions require equal (parallel) structures after each one.
SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONSThese words are commonly used as subordinating conjunctions:
after
although
unless
as though
as much as
as
as if
as well as
before
as far as
even though
how
where
wherever
because
if
in order that
provided
since
so that
than
that
though
unless
until
when
whenever
while
why
insofar as
inasmuch as
till
SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONSSubordinating conjunctions also join two clauses together, but in doing so, they make one clause dependent (or "subordinate") upon the other.
CONJUNCTIVE ADVERBS
These conjunctions join independent clauses together. The following are frequently used conjunctive adverbs:
after all
in addition
next
also
incidentally
nevertheless
as a result
indeed
on the contrary
besides
in fact
on the other hand
consequently
in other words
otherwise
finally
instead
still
for example
likewise
then
furthermore
meanwhile
therefore
moreover
thus
however
CONJUNCTIVE ADVERBS
Place a semicolon before the conjunctive adverb and a comma after the conjunctive adverb.
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