Conjunction Study Notes
Conjunctions and their types
Coordinating conjunctions:
Examples of Coordinating conjunctions of Addition:
The conjunctions ‘and, both…and, as well as, not only…but also’ are examples of this type of conjunction. Such conjunctions join sentences or clauses that have equal importance, i.e. of the same category.
Sentences with coordinating conjunctions of addition:
(The dog is fit. The dog is active)
You can see that both the sentences are equally important. Thus they have been joined by the conjunction pair ‘both…and’
(Sheila has gone to school. Sunita has gone to school)
Both the sentences are of the same category. Thus they have been joined by the conjunction ‘as well as’.
(My friend bought balloons. My friend bought some gifts.)
Coordinating conjunctions of contrast:
Sentences are of equal importance but a contrast is very easily seen between the first and second sentence.
Examples:
(Harry got up quite early. He did not reach school in time)
The contrast is clearly visible in the second sentence.
Thus the sentences have been joined by the conjunction ‘but’.
(Rita studied quite hard. She did not get good marks.)
The contrast is clearly seen in the sentences. Hence these sentences have been joined by the conjunction ‘however’.
Correlative conjunctions:
Always used in pairs. Some more examples are:
both…and, no sooner…than, scarcely/hardly…when, so…so, so…as, so…that, so that, etc.
Examples:
(Sheila is a guitarist. Sheila is a flutist)
(The announcement was made. Everyone made a line immediately.)
(It was raining very hard. Water started dripping from the roof.)
(showing result)
(They left early. They could reach the airport on time.)
(showing purpose)
(The book is not costly. It is not as you imagine)
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