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Conjunctions
Conjunctions
Definition: Conjunctions are the words we use to link or join two or more sentences together or two words within the same sentence. The most common conjunctions in English are: and, but, or, nor, for. For example: We eat at home and work in the office (The conjunction "and" joins the sentences: "we eat at home" with "we work in the office").
the clause into something that depends on the rest of the sentence for its meaning. e.g.: Because he loved acting, he refused to give up his dream of being in the movies. Correlative Conjunctions : Some conjunctions combine with other words are called correlative conjunctions. They always travel in pairs, joining various sentence elements that should be treated as grammatically equal. both . . . and neither . . . nor not only . . . but also whether . . . or not . . . but as . . . as either . . . or