Conjunctions
Conjunctions, like prepositions, are also joining words or connectives. Conjunctions are used to join words, phrases, or clauses. Conjunctions can be found in any position in a sentence except the very end.
For the purpose of this module, you can use the elimination method to find conjunctions. It works like this: identify all the words you can in a sentence, those that are left over are probably conjunctions. Look at these examples.
For the purpose of this module, you can use the elimination method to find conjunctions. It works like this: identify all the words you can in a sentence, those that are left over are probably conjunctions. Look at these examples.
The word when looks like it might be an adverb, but does it tell you at what time?
No, the word itself doesn’t add any new information. What it does do is introduce a group of words that tells specifically when something happened.
No, the word itself doesn’t add any new information. What it does do is introduce a group of words that tells specifically when something happened.
The words and and but are conjunctions. And joins two nouns; but joins two complete ideas.