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"Conjunction used to Join two Words / Sentences" |
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A conjunction is a word or a group of words that connect two words, phrases, clauses or any two sentences. Conjunction merely joins and does not do any other work.
Unlike Relative Pronoun Conjunction refers to noun, Relative Adverbs modifies verbs and Prepositions it governs a noun/pronoun which are also connecting words.
Some of the important conjunctions are- after, and, as, but, because, before, hence, that, till, if, since, so, though, although, unless, until, when, while, whether, either, neither, or, even, even if, even so, how, however, in case, in spite of, otherwise, what etc.
Conjunction word used to:
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Joins two words |
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Joins two sentences and |
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Makes them compact / short sentences. |
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Examples:
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Join two Words |
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Two and two (makes four.) |
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Sita and Geeta (are friends.) |
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Join two Sentences |
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Ramesh and Suresh are good friends. |
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Note : Ramesh is a good friend and Suresh is a good friend |
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I like tea and coffee. |
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Note : I like tea. I like coffee. |
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Makes compact / short sentences |
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The person is poor but an honest. |
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Note : The person is poor but (s)he is an honest |
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Coordinating Conjunctions |
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Subordinating Conjunctions |
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Correlative Conjunctions |
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Conjunction / Linking verbs |
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To Express |
Conjunction / Linking Verbs |
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Addition |
And, As, Also, As well as, Both, Not Only, Too |
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Choice |
Or, Either…or, Neither…nor |
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Condition |
If, Even if, Unless, Until, As long as |
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Contrast |
While, On the other hand, But, However |
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Reason |
Because, As, Since, Therefore, So |
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Purpose |
To, In order to, For, So as to |
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Result |
So, Therefore, As a result, So..that |
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Example |
Like, Such as, For example |
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Time |
As, After, Before, Since, Till, Until, Since |
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