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Coordinating Conjunctions for intermediate learners

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Coordinating conjunctions are words that their main job is joining two equal grammatical notions together. Here, we will discuss them more thoroughly.

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"Coordinating Conjunctions" in English Grammar

What Are Coordinating Conjunctions?

Coordinating conjunctions link two parts of a sentence that are equal in terms of importance and structure. For example, both parts might be nouns, adjectives, or independent clauses.

Main Coordinating Conjunctions

The following is a list of the most commonly used coordinating conjunctions of English:

  • And
  • Or
  • But
  • So
  • Yet

Coordinating Conjunctions: Function

These coordinating conjunctions can be used to link clauses, words, and phrases together. Look at some examples:

I had a bottle of water and a can of soda.

Is it a cat or a dog?

And

And is used to add a word, phrase, or clause to another. For example:

My best friend and her friend came to our house.

I have to shower and change.

Or

Or is used to name two or more choices. It shows two or more possibilities or options. Check these examples out:

I don’t like tea or coffee.

I want to buy some shirts or some shoes.

Tip!

After the negative form of a verb, we use 'or' instead of and. Compare the examples:

I want books and pens.

I don't want books or pens.

But

We use but to connect two ideas that contrast. For example:

She'd nervous but confident.

So

We use 'so' to express a result. For example:

She didn’t come, so I went alone.

He didn’t have any money, so he didn’t buy a car.

Tip!

We can only use 'so' to join two independent clauses not phrases. For example:

They had an exam, so they didn’t go to the party.

Yet

We use the conjunction 'yet' to express contrast and indicate a change in expectation or result. It can be used to mean 'but' or 'nevertheless'. It shows contrast. For example:

They got into a lot of fights, yet they stayed married.

He is a rich, yet stingy person.

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