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Definition
 Conjunctions
are joining words.
They
are used to fix together separate parts of a sentence.
EXAMPLES
There
are five main conjunctions in English:
and or nor but for
USE
Conjunctions
are used in the following statements:
Jim and Sally are going to the concert.
Give me that gun or I'll call the police.
We have no apples but we do have some oranges.
The
words and, or, nor, but, for are all co-ordinating conjunctions.
They
are conjunctions because they join together parts of a sentence.
They
are co-ordinating because the parts they join are similar. For example:
We have no apples but we do have some oranges.
There
are also subordinating conjunctions:
whereas |
where |
if |
because |
while |
as |
when |
although |
since |
When
we use these, the parts of the sentence might be different:
They got into the disco because most of the girls looked as if they
were over eighteen.
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