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ConjunCTions
• A conjunction joins words or word groups.
CoordinaTing ConjunCTions
• Coordinating conjunctions join words or word groups that are used in the same way.
and
but
for
nor
or
so
yet
Examples:
He was poor and found it hard to provide food enough for his family.
There was a time, says the Iroquois grandmother, when it was not needful to plant the corn- seed or to hoe the fields, for the corn sprang up of itself, and filled the broad meadows.
CorrelaTive ConjunCTions
• Correlative conjunctions are pairs of conjunctions that join words or word groups that are used in the same way.
both...and
not only...but also
either...or
whether...or
neither...nor
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