English Grammar for the Utterly Confused - Laurie Rozakis 2003

Conjunctions
Chapter 1. Parts of Speech
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Conjunctions connect words or groups of words and show how the words are related. There are three kinds of conjunctions: coordinating conjunctions, correlative conjunctions, and sub­ordinating conjunctions.

1. Coordinating conjunctions link similar words or word groups. There are seven coordinat­ing conjunctions:

for

and

nor

but

or

yet

so

Quick Tip

Use this mnemonic to help you remember the seven coordinating conjunctions: FANBOYS (for, and, nor, but, or, y et, so).

2. Correlative conjunctions also link similar words or word groups, but they are always used in pairs. Here are the correlative conjunctions:

both ...and

either ... or

neither ... nor

not only ... but also

whether ... or

3. Subordinating conjunctions link an independent clause (complete sentence) to a depen­dent clause (fragment). Here are the most often used subordinating conjunctions:

after

as long as

before

since

unless

where

although

as soon as

even though

so that

until

wherever

as

as though

if

though

when

as if

because

in order that

till

whenever