By : Annisa (54612/10)

Conjunction
A conjunction = glue.

It helps things to stick together.

Coordina ting conjuncti on

connect things of equal value

Example : Most children like cookies and milk. The gold is hidden at the beach or by the lakeside It was raining, so I took my umbrella.

FANBOYS
Another way to remember these is

For And Nor But Or Yet So

F A N B O Y S

Coordinating Conjunctions
Use for to show a reason. Use and to show an addition. Use nor to make a second choice negative. Use but to express a contrasting idea. Use or to indicate a choice.
Use yet to show a change. . Use so to show a result.

EXAMPLES OF COORDINATING CONJUNCTION

Martin is easy going and he is quite funny Martin is easy going but he sometimes looses his temper Martin is easy going for he enjoys just about everything Martin is easy going or at least he seems that way. Martin is easy going so many people like him. Martin is easy going yet he gets nervous about tests.

Three patterns in writing use coordinating conjunctions. Pattern 1 Connecting two maincoordinating clauses main clause , conjunction

main clause

While I am at work, my dog Sirius sleeps on the bed , and my cat Black naps in the bathtub.

Pattern 2 Connecting two items You can also use a coordinating conjunction to connect any two items.. The pattern looks like this:
item

coordinating conjunction

item

My dog Sirius has too many fleas and too much hair. My cat Black has beautiful blue eyes but a destructive personality.

Pattern 3 Connecting three or more items in a series use a comma before the coordinating conjunction. Some handbooks and style guides will tell you that this comma is optional. item , item coordinating conjunction ,

item

Swatting olives off the kitchen counter, dragging toilet paper streamers through the house, and terrorizing Jacques Cousteau, the parakeet, have consumed another of Buster's days.

Thank you