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Friday, March 5, 2010

CONJUNCTIONS

A conjunction is a word that "joins". A conjunction joins two parts of a sentence.

Here are some example conjunctions:
Coordinating Conjunctions - and, but, or, nor, for, yet,so
Subordinating Conjunctions - although, because, since, unless

We can consider conjunctions from three aspects.
1. Form
Conjunctions have three basic forms:
Single Word, for example: and, but, because, although
Compound (often ending with as or that), for example: provided that, as long as, in order that
Correlative (surrounding an adverb or adjective), for example: so...that

2. Function
Conjunctions have two basic functions or "jobs":
Coordinating conjunctions are used to join two parts of a sentence that are grammatically equal. The two parts may be single words or clauses, for example:- Jack and Jill went up the hill.- The water was warm, but I didn't go swimming.
Subordinating conjunctions are used to join a subordinate dependent clause to a main clause, for example:- I went swimming although it was cold.

3. Position
Coordinating conjunctions always come between the words or clauses that they join.
Subordinating conjunctions usually come at the beginning of the subordinate clause.

Source : http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/conjunctions.htm

3 comments:

Mark Pennington said...

Here's a nice complementary article titled How to Teach Conjunctions on how to teach the three forms of conjunctions--each with memory tricks, examples, and practical strategies for teaching in the context of authentic writing.

carrol said...

Very interesting article....more like a jazz chant in the beginning :-) thanks..

Doria Robert said...

wow..you have blog??kenapa tak bagitau?so ur blog is more to teaching grammar, I suppose?
How r u?and the pregnancy?