MODERN ENGLISH GRAMMAR

NAME : SASMIRAN
STUDENT NO : G2 Q1 18 014

CONJOINING

1. Conjoining: Conjoining can be divided into two parts.

1) Double conjoining: Where two principle clauses or one principle and one sub-ordinate clause
are joined together.
E.g.: The smell of roses and camellias is very sweet.
Here, Double/two sentences are joined together. These two sentences are
1. The smell of roses is very sweet.
2. The smell of camellias is very sweet.

2) Multiple Conjoining: Where multiple principle clauses and sub-ordinate clause are joined
together.
E.g.: Human being, animals and forest will destroy if greenhouse effect continues.
Here, Multiple/three sentences are joined together. These sentences are
1. Human beings will destroy if green house effect continues
2. Animals will destroy if green house effect continues
3. Forest will destroy if green house effect continues

2. Complex Sentences: Conjoining

Conjoining can be as simple as joining the sentences using a conjunctor with hardly any
change at all in the combined sentences.
Simple Sentences:
a) Ben held the pencil. He wrote.
Conjunction:
b) Ben held the pencil, and he wrote.

It is also possible to extend sentences by joining together complete structures or complete and
incomplete structures, for example:

"The boy with red shorts kicked the ball and scored a goal" The
conjunction “and” joins together the complete sentence:

"The boy with red shorts kicked the ball"and the verb phrase:
“scored a goal"

This could be represented as follows:

 Conjoined Sentence

Sentence

VP VP

Verb NP Verb NP

AdvP Art Noun Conj Art adj Noun

Yesterday, John took the bus and Pa drove an expensive car

3. The Function of Conjoining

Why conjoin sentences? What purpose does it serve?
Sentence conjoining allows for a more explicit expression of certain relationships between the
events contained in the clauses.