PARTS OF SPEECH - CONJUNCTIONS

Conjunctions are joining words. They join together words or groups of

words. There are three types of conjunctions: coordinating conjunctions,
subordinating conjunctions, and correlative conjunctions.
Part of Speech Definition Examples
Conjunctions
A word that joins or
creates a relationship
between two other words,
phrases, clauses, or
sentences.
There are coordinating
conjunctions,
correlative
conjunctions, and
subordinating
conjunctions.
She will buy a foreign
car or a motorbike.
He has two
motorcycles, but he
doesn't ride them.
Because he doesn't ride
his motorcycles, he lets
Sam and Abby ride
them.
Either Susan or Traci
will buy my motorbike.
In this chapter we will study the correlative conjunction word pairs and the
coordinating conjunctions: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so. We will study
subordinating conjunctions in Chapter Eleven.
COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS
The compound subjects and verbs in the following examples have
something in common. The subjects and verbs are joined by conjunctions.
Specifically, the words are joined by one of the coordinating conjunctions:
for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so.
Kathy or Shelly eats.
Karl and Darlene clean and rest.
Irene washed the dishes, so Elizabeth dried the dishes.
You can remember the coordinating conjunctions by using the acronym
FANBOYS.
CORRELATIVE CONJUNCTIONS
Correlative conjunctions are pairs of words that work to join or create a
relationship between other words or elements in a sentence. Here are some
example pairs.
Either/or: Either she will quit, or she will work longer hours.
Neither/nor: Neither Onley nor Pete knows how to fix the stove.
As/as: The wind is as cold as ice.
Such/that: Such is Gaoyu’s happiness that he bought all of us dinner.
Both/ and: Both Hansel and Gretel ate too many sweets.