Correlative Conjunctions.

“Apa pengertian correlative conjunctions?”, “Apa saja yang termasuk correlative

conjunctions?”, “Apa fungsi correlative conjunctions?”, serta “Bagaimana
penggunaan correlative conjunctions dalam kalimat? Come on! Let’s answer those
questions.

PENGERTIAN CORRELATIVE CONJUNCTIONS

According to Gucker (1966: 73), Correlative conjunctions are the coordinating

conjunctions (and, but, or and nor) used with both, not only, either, and neither.
Correlatives are always used in pairs.

Correlative conjunctions adalah conjunctions (and, but, or dan nor) yang selalu
digunakan berpasangan dengan both, not only, either, dan neither. Correlative
conjunctions tersebut diantaranya:

 both … and …
 not only … but also …
 either … or …
 neither … nor …

PENGGUNAAN CORRELATIVE CONJUNCTIONS DALAM KALIMAT

1. Perhatikan kelas tata bahasa (grammatical class)

Sama seperti coordinating conjunctions, correlative conjunctions menghubungkan

kelas dalam tata bahasa yang sama, yakni menghubungkan kata benda dengan kata
benda (nouns with nouns), kata kerja dengan kata kerja (verb with verb), dll.

Berikut adalah contoh kalimat yang menggunakan correlative conjunctions:

 Both Mario and Junio join English Community. (menghubungkan nouns)

 Renata is not only smart but also beautiful. (menghubungkan adjectives)
 My sister speaks either loudly or quietly. (menghubungkan adverbs)
 William neither studies nor reads book. (menghubungkan verbs)

2. Perhatikan kesesuaian Subjek dan Kata kerja (Subject-Verb Agreement)

Ada aturan untuk menentukan verb (kata kerja) dalam menggunakan correlative
conjunctions. Berikut adalah aturannya:

• Both (Subject 1) and (Subject 2) + Verb Plural (kata kerja jamak).

→ Both Rudi and Matien play guitar.
• Not only (Subject 1) but also (Subject 2) + Verb Subject 2.
→ Not only the teacher but also the students go to museum.

• Either (Subject 1) or (Subject 2) + Verb Subject 2.

→ Either the child or the parents enjoy watching movies.

• Neither (Subject 1) nor (Subject 2) + Verb Subject 2.

→ Neither the parents nor the child enjoys watching movies.

3. Perhatikan pembalikan (inversion)

Pola pembalikan (inversion) umumnya berlaku pada not only… but also apabila not
only diikuti oleh subject dan verb. Berikut adalah polanya:

• Not only + Auxiliary + Subject + ordinary + but also + Subject + Verb

→ Not only did he visited me, but also he gave me chocolate.

• Not only + Auxiliary + Subject + ordinary + but also + Subject + Verb

→ Not only will she go to market, but also she will go to book store.