Grammar | Co-ordinating And Subordinating Conjunctions

Co-ordinating And Subordinating Conjunctions:

What is Conjunction?

 Can use conjunction to link Clauses, Phrases and words as in the following example:

     _   I ate the pizza and the pasta.

     _  Call the movers when you are ready.

Co-ordinating Conjunctions:

You use a co-ordinators conjunction ( "And" "but" "or" "nor" "for ""so" or "yet",) to join individual words, phrases, and independent clauses. Note that you can  also use the conjunction " but" " and "" for " as prepositions.

In the next sentences, each of the highlighted words is co-ordinating conjunction:

_ Lilacs and violets are usually purple.

In the example, the coordination conjunction " and " links two Nouns.

_ The movie is particularly interesting to feminist movie theorists, for the screenplay was written by Julie West.

In the example, the co-ordinator conjunction " for " is used to link two independent clauses.

_ Zak's uncle claimed that he spend most of his youth dancing on rooftops and swallowing goldfish.

In that example, the co-ordinator conjunction " and " links two participle phrases ( dancing on rooftops " and " swallowing goldfish) which act as adverbs describing the verb " spend ".

Subordinating Conjunctions:

A subordinating conjunction introduces a dependent clause and references the nature of the relationship among the dependent clauses and the independent clauses.

There are many subordinate conjunctions to keep track of, but here is a list of those most commonly used.

After, Once, Until

Although, Provided that, When

As, Rather than, Whenever

Because, Since, Where

Before, So that, Whereas

Even if, Than, Wherever

Even though, That, Whether

If, Though, While

In order to, Unless, Why.