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12. The Conjunction
Conjunctions are joining words. They are used to join words, groups of words, phrases and
sentences.
Examples : (i) Would you like to carry an umbrella would you carry a raincoat?
or
(ii) Dhruva cannot go out because the gate is locked.
(iii) Rohini bought a dress and a pair of shoes.
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Here or because and are conjunctions.
Types of Conjunction
1. Coordinating Conjunctions : Coordinating conjunctions join together sentences or
clauses (words or groups of words) that are equally important.
Examples : (i) You can go there by bus take the flight.
or
(ii) Sneha is not available on Friday, nor will she be in town during the
weekend.
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Coordinating conjunctions include and but or nor neither for yet still so and
,
soon.
They are used to add one statement or fact to another.
2. Correlative Conjunctions : Conjunctions used in pairs are called correlative
conjunctions. Correlative conjunctions are used for joining either words or sentences.
They appear as pairs and are used to link equivalent sentences.
Correlative conjunctions include as ..as both ....and either ...or neither ....nor not
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,
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,
...
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only but also such that such as so that whether or and so as.
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Examples : (i) Shakespeare was both a poet and a dramatist.
(ii) He can neither sing nor dance.
3. Subordinating Conjunctions : A conjunction used to connect groups of words or two
statements, one of which is dependent on the other is called subordinating
conjunctions.
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