Coordinating Conjunctions for beginners
Coordinating conjunctions are words that their main job is joining two equal grammatical notions together. Here, we will discuss them more thoroughly.
What Are Coordinating Conjunctions?
Coordinating conjunctions are words that connect words, phrases, or clauses of equal importance in a sentence.
Main Coordinating Conjunctions
We have three main coordinating conjunctions in English:
And
We use and when we want to add a word to another word. For example:
She is beautiful. She is kind. = She is beautiful
I called Hanna. I called Tommy = I called Hanna
Or
We use or to name two or more choices. For example:
Are you sad? Are you angry? = Are you sad
Do you like pizza? Do you like pasta = Do you like pizza
But
We use but between two words or sentences to show contrast. For example:
She is beautiful
I love fruits
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Correlative conjunctions are pairs of words that join or correlate phrases or words with equal importance in a sentence.
