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  1. Conjunctions
  2. Coordinating
  3. Subordinating
  4. Correlative
  5. Conj. v. Prep.
  6. Conjunctive Adverb

Conjunctions

Most simply, conjunctions connect things. They allow us to make longer more complex sentences.

There are four types of conjunctions:

  1. A coordinating conjunction
    1. connects a word, a phrase or a clause of equal weight. (For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet)
  2. A subordinating conjunction
    1. connects only clauses and in doing so creates a subordinate clause.
  3. A correlative conjunction
    1. operates in pairs to connect sentence elements. (Either/Or, Neither/Nor, Not Only/But Also)
  4. A conjunctive adverb
    1. creates a relationship between ideas in the sentence.
    2. not a true conjunction.