What
are conjunctions?
Sure, they're joining words, but they're much more
than that.
Conjunctions are the words that decide the importance of the
various other words in the sentence. Each of the three types:
coordinating, subordinating and correlative conjunctions serve a unique
purpose.
- Definition: Conjunctions are words that link other words, phrases or clauses. There are three types of conjunctions: coordinating, subordinating and correlative conjunctions.
- Coordinating
Coordinating conjunctions connect two words or groups of words with similar values. They may connect two words, two phrases, two independent clauses or two dependent clauses.For example, in each of the following sentences the coordinating conjunction “and" connects equal words or groups of words:Connects two words: John and Reggie stayed up all night practicing their guitars.Connects two phrases: The squirrel scurried up the tree trunk and onto a low branch.Connects two clauses: Several managers sat with their backs to us, and I could almost hear them snickering at us lowly workers.
There are only seven coordinating conjunctions in the English language, and they are often remembered by using the acronym“FANBOYS": for, and, nor, but, or, yet and so
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