CONJUNCTIONS
Conjunctions are used to link words,
phrases and clauses. Look at the following examples
I ate the bread and better.
Please call me when you are near.
And, but, for, nor, or, so, and yet are the
seven co-ordinating conjunctions. To learn all seven may be you could learn the
acronym FANBOYS
F- for
A-and
N-nor
B-but
O-or
Y-yet
S-so
Co-ordinating conjunctions connect words,
phrases, and clauses. Look at the following examples
The bowl of soup is hot and delicious.
The soup is so thick that you can eat it
with fork or spoon.
My little boy loves a back massage but hates to take a bath.
My little girl loves the black cat next
door yet hates the white cat from the
colony.
I hate to waste a single drop of the
delicious soup for it is expensive
and time consuming to make.
Even though, I added cream to the soup, my
little boy ignored the serving so I
got a spoon and ate it myself.
My little girl refuses to eat baby food nor does she eat the food that we eat.
SUBORDINATE
CONJUNCTIONS
They are words or phrases that connect a
dependent clause, adjective or an adverbial phrase to an independent clause.
The dependent clauses provide context and description for the independent
clause, in short it adds information that isn’t the direct focus but is
important in adding time, place or reasons to the sentence.
EXAMPLES
After
Sam studied the weather reports, he determined that
it would take a month more for the rains to come.
After in the above statement explains the
time frame for Sam’s decision the frame for Sam’s decision that it needs a
further one month for the rains to come. It gives the reader s the information
as to how Sam determined the time for the rains to come.
Because
the Football World cup is going on, people have
lost interest in cricket.
The because clause in the above sentence
provides the reason why people have lost interest in cricket.
Whenever some bad events take place ,
Mumbai always stands together in unity.
Whenever in the above sentence connects and
explains the reasons when and why Mumbai stands together in unity.
UNDERSTANDING
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CO-ORDINATION AND SUBORDINATION
While co-ordinate conjunctions connect
words, phrases or clauses of equal grammatical rank ,Subordinating
conjunctions connect a sub ordinate clause to the main clause.
The following are some examples with
Co-ordination conjunctions
I like tea and coffee
She likes tea but he likes coffee
Co-ordinating conjunctions always come
between the words or clauses that they join.
The following are examples with subordinate
conjunctions:
Although it was raining Sam went swimming.
A subordinate clause depends on a main or
an independent clause. It cannot stand on its own. For example if someone says
“Hello! Whenever it is raining”.
There is nothing that can be understood from the sentence but if you say
“Hello! Whenever it is raining we go swimming”, you will be able to clearly
understand as to what the person is trying to convey.
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