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10.7 Conjunctions

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Conjunction - a word that joins single words or groups of words.

Coordinating - joins words or groups of words that have equal grammatical weight in a sentence

and but or nor for yet

Two and two are four.

She is good at algebra but not at arithmetic.

We must leave now, or we will be late.

Correlative - works in pairs to join words and groups of words of equal weight in a sentence

both . . . and just as . . . so not only . . . but (also)

either . . . or neither . . . nor whether . . . or

She and I were there. Both she and I were there.

She or I can go. Either she or I can go.

Subordinating - joins two clauses, or ideas, in such a way as to make one grammatically dependent upon the other.

We raked the leaves because so many had fallen.

We raked the leaves before we had lunch.

Wherever the leaves had fallen, we raked them into piles.

Conjunctive Adverbs - used to clarify the relationship between clauses of equal weight in a sentence. (usually stronger and more precise than coordinating conjunctions)

Most people think of deserts as very hot places, but desert nights can be quite cool.

Most people think of deserts as very hot places; however, desert nights can be quite cool.