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Conjunctions

 And ( ਅਤੇ )
 Or ( ਜ ਾਂ )
 But ( ਪਰ, ਬਜਾਏ, ਸਿਵਾਏ)
 For / As / Because / Since (ਸਿਉਂਸਿ)
 Also/Even/Either/Too/As well (ਵੀ )

 So/Hence/Henceforth/That’s why/ ( ਇਿ ਲਈ)


Therefore/That’s the reason
 As (ਹੋਣ ਦੇ ਨ ਤੇ, ਵਰਗ , ਦੇ ਤੌਰ ਤੇ)
 As well as (ਨਲਨਲ)
 Although / Though / Even if / Even though (ਪਰ, ਹਾਲਾਾਂਕਿ, ਭਾਾਂਵੇਂ ) Then also /
even then / yet / still / however (ਕਿਰ ਵੀ, ਤਾਾਂ ਵੀ, ਇਸਦੇ ਬਾਵਜੂਦ ਵੀ)
 Such ( ਇਸ ਤਰ੍ ਾਂ ਦ , ਏਦ ਾਂ ਦ )
 Such as ( ਜਜਵੇਂ ਜਿ )
 As If / As though ( ਮੰਨ ਲ ਓ ਜਿ, ਜਜਵੇਂ ਜਿ )
 Either – or ( ਜਾਾਂ ਤ ਇਹ ਤੇ ਜਾਾਂ ਉਹ)
 Neither – nor ( ਨਾ ਤ ਇਹ ਤੇ ਨਾ ਉਹ )
 Not only – but also (ਜਸਰਫ ਇਹ ਹੀ ਨਹੀ ਾਂ ਉਹ ਵੀ)
 If ( ਜੇ , ਜੇਿਰ )
 Otherwise/ or else (ਨਹ ਾਂ ਤ ਾਂ)
Wh FAMILY CONJUCTIONS
 What, That ਜੋ
 Where ਜਜਥੇ
 Whom ਜ ਹਨੰ
 Who ਜੋ living
 Which ਜੋ non-living
 When ਜਦੋਂ
 How / The way ਜਜਵੇਂ , ਜਜਸ ਤਰ ਿੇ ਨ ਲ
 Whose ਜਜਸਦ , ਜ ਹਦ
 Of Which ਜਜਸਦ , ਜ ਹਦ
 With whom ਜ ਹਦੇ ਨ ਲ
 For whom ਜ ਹਦੇ ਲਈ
 From where ਜਜਥੋਂ

USE OF SUBORDINATING CONJUCTIONS.

× Whenever, parents are busy, children play video games.

 Whenever parents are busy, children play video games.


× Children play video games, whenever parents are busy.

 Children play video games whenever parents are busy.


Use of different conjunctions and commas with them

Whereas

The rule of thumb is: When you contrast two things, use a comma.
“Whereas” is typically used to contrast two things:

 I am very tall, whereas my wife is quite short.


× I am very tall whereas my wife is quite short.

While

It has two meanings so you should use it wisely. When contrasting


two facts, use a comma. When talking about time, don’t use a comma.
EX -

 Children have to study all the subjects, while they are not
interested in all subjects.
 × They gain every kind of knowledge while they study
all subjects

Although
It also has two meanings, and it can be used differently.
Controlling the usage of water is very important, although it is direct
violation of people’s rights

It was hard, although it was not as hard as we had thought.


Although he is a mathematician, he doesn’t know how to solve
integrals.
He doesn’t know how to solve integrals although he is a
mathematician.

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