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Use of Coordinating Conjunctions in English

A conjunction is a word that joins two words or sentences in order to make the text flow. When you read sentences which has conjunctions you will  have a better understanding of the meaning of the sentence. Look at the following example:

·         Ria went to the school. Her husband went to the office. Grandmother took care of the baby.

·         Ria went to the school and her husband went to the office so the grandmother took care of the baby.

First example has three sentences. The second example is one sentence with ‘and’ and ‘so’ connecting the sentences. Here, ‘and’ and ‘so’ are conjunctions.

There are three main types of conjunctions; Coordinating Conjunctions, Subordinating Conjunctions and Correlative Conjunctions. Here we will look at the usage of Coordinating Conjunctions in English.

Coordinating Conjunctions

Coordinating conjunctions are words that join parts of sentences that are grammatically similar. The use of coordinating conjunctions in a sentence shows that the joined sentences are equal in terms of importance and structure. For example:

‘I like pizza and pasta.’

‘Sachin likes Indian food, but Gaurav likes Chinese.’

Notice that coordinating conjunctions ‘and’ and ‘but’ always come in between the sentences or words that are joined.  

When independent clauses are joined by conjunctions then it is advisable to place comma before the conjunction.

‘I will learn Chinese language next month, so that I can sell my products in China.’

The seven main coordinating conjunctions are:

For

And

Nor

But

Or

Yet

So

The simple way to remember this is to remember the word ‘FANBOYS’.

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Conjunctions and its kinds

A conjunction is a word that joins two words or phrases together. There are three different kinds of conjunctions-coordinating, subordinating and correlative. Each one is different in its own way but performs the common function of linking the words and phrases.

Coordinating Conjunctions are (FANBOYS):

For

And

Nor

But

Or

Yet

Soon

  ‘I wanted to watch the movie.’ ‘I couldn’t go.’ We can write these two sentences by combining them with coordinating conjunction ‘for’. It is written as:

‘I wanted to watch the movie but I couldn’t go.’

 ‘I want chocolate ice cream, strawberry and vanilla.’ Here, the words are joined by ‘and’.

In the above examples, notice that the sentences are independent and do not depend on each other or anything else for meaning.

Subordinating Conjunctions

Subordinating conjunctions joins the dependent clause to the independent one. Unlike coordinating conjunctions, subordinating ones comes first in the sentence.

Most commonly used subordinating conjunctions are since, because, although, before, after, where, whether, while, when, until, how, than, if.

·         Because you didn’t call I assumed you were sleeping. 

·         When it stops raining, I’ll drop you.

·         If you can wait for another ten minutes, I can come.

·         Since you had stopped talking to him, I thought you were not in contact with him.

Correlative Conjunctions

Correlative conjunctions come in pair. The most commonly used correlative conjunctions are- both/and, not/but, neither/nor, whether/or, not only/but. We have to use both of the conjunctions to make meaningful sentence.

·         She will have both the white dress and the red o dress.

·         Whether you come or not I’ll surely attend his wedding.

·         Not only do I brush at night but I also take bath before going to bed.