CONJUNCTIONS

Yesica Amarilla & Veronica Bulacio

WHAT ARE CONJUNCTIONS?

Conjunctions are words that are used to connect

clauses, words and phrases. There are three different
types, and some examples of conjunction words
include but, until, either and also. They play an
important role in language because they allow us to
create long sentences to express complex ideas.
 EXAMPLES
I like cooking and eating, but I don’t like washing dishes afterward.

Sophie is clearly exhausted, yet she insists on dancing till dawn.

TYPES OF CONJUNCTION

There are three types of conjunctions

 FUNCTION

Link clauses of equal value, usually main clauses.

For example:
-We can pay in one lump sum. We can pay in instalments.
We can pay in one lump sum or we can pay in instalments.

We can put either of the clauses first:

We can pay in instalments or we can pay in one lump sum.
 FUNCTION

Subordinating conjunctions join independent and

dependent clauses.
A subordinating conjunction can signal a cause-and-
effect relationship, a contrast, or some other kind of
relationship between the clauses.
 EXAMPLES
The heart undergoes two cardiac cycle periods: diastole, when blood enters
the ventricles, and systole, when the ventricles contract and blood is pumped
out of the heart.

She did the favor so that he would owe her one

Whenever an electron acquires enough energy to leave its orbit, the atom is positively
charged
 Correlative Conjunctions

Correlative: this word means related or used

together but not next to each other. Always come in
pairs. Some examples are: both/and, either/or,
neither/nor, whether/or, not only/but also, such/that.
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