CONJUNCTIONS

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.

CO-ORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS

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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