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
And
And is used to add a word, phrase, or clause to another. For example:
My best friend
I have to shower
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
I want to buy some shirts
Tip!
After the negative form of a verb, we use 'or' instead of and. Compare the examples:
I want books
I don't want books
But
We use but to connect two ideas that contrast. For example:
She'd nervous
So
We use 'so' to express a result. For example:
She didn’t come,
He didn’t have any money,
Tip!
We can only use 'so' to join two independent clauses not phrases. For example:
They had an exam,
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,
He is a rich,
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Subordinating Conjunctions
Subordinating conjunctions joins subordinate or dependent clauses to the main or independent clauses. To know all about these tricky grammatical words, click!
Correlative Conjunctions
Correlative conjunctions are pairs of words that join or correlate phrases or words with equal importance in a sentence.
