Conjunctions
What is a conjunction?
A conjunction is a part of speech that is used to connect words, phrases,
clauses, or sentences. Conjunctions are considered to be invariable grammar
particle, and they may or may not stand between items they conjoin.
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Types of Conjunctions
There are several different types of conjunctions that do various jobs within
sentence structures. These include:
Subordinating conjunctions – Also known as subordinators, these
conjunctions join dependent clauses to independent clauses.
Coordinating conjunction – Also known as coordinators, these
conjunctions coordinate or join two or more sentences, main clauses,
words, or other parts of speech which are of the same syntactic
importance.
Correlative conjunction – These conjunctions correlate, working in
pairs to join phrases or words that carry equal importance within a
sentence.
Conjunctive adverbs – While some instructors do not teach
conjunctive adverbs alongside conjunctions, these important parts of
speech are worth a mention here. These adverbs always connect one
clause to another, and are used to show sequence, contrast, cause and
effect, and other relationships.
When people first learn to write, they usually begin with short, basic sentences
like these: “My name is Ted. I am a boy. I like dogs.” One of the most
important jobs conjunctions do is to connect these short sentences so they
sound more like this: “I am a boy named Ted, and I like dogs.”
