Conjuctions

Question 1

What are Conjunctions?

Answer 1

Words that join clauses, phrases, and independent clauses

Question 2

What are the three types of conjunctions?

Answer 2

-Coordinative
-Subordinative
-Correlative
(-Conjunctive)

Question 3

What are Coordinating Conjunctions?

Answer 3

A coordinate conjunction connects words or groups of words that are independent of each other. Coordinative conjunctions connect words, phrases, and independent clauses

These connect two clauses (an abbreviation used for this is the FANBOYS acronym)

F-For
A-And
N-Nor
B-But
O-Or
Y-Yet
S-So

PUNCTUATION RULE: When using a coordinating conjunction to connect two independent clauses, ALWAYS put a comma BEFORE the conjunction. This rule may differ in some situations

Question 4

What are Subordinating Conjunctions?

Answer 4

A subordinate conjunction connects a subordinate clause with the clause on which it depends, the independent clause .They basically join together an independent and dependent clause.

They show the relationship between an dependent and independent clause.

Examples (these are NOT in acronyminal form):

Before
After
Although
Because
Since 
Unless
Until
While
Though

Question 5

What are Correlative Conjunctions?

Answer 5

Conjunctions that are used in pairs are called correlative conjunctions, they join together words, phrases and similar clauses. Correlative conjunctions CONNECT two equal grammatical terms.

both...and 
not only...but also
either...or 
neither...nor 
though...yet 
although...yet 
since...therefore
if...then