What Is Conjunction?

A conjunction is a word that "joins". A conjunction joins two parts of a sentence.

Here are some example conjunctions:
Coordinating Conjunctions
and, but, or, nor, for, yet, so

Subordinating Conjunctions
although, because, since, unless

We can consider conjunctions from three aspects.
Form

Conjunctions have three basic forms:



* Single Word
for example: and, but, because, although

* Compound (often ending with as or that)
for example: provided that, as long as, in order that

* Correlative (surrounding an adverb or adjective)
for example: so...that

Function

Conjunctions have two basic functions or "jobs":

* Coordinating conjunctions are used to join two parts of a sentence that are grammatically equal. The two parts may be single words or clauses, for example:
- Jack and Jill went up the hill.
- The water was warm, but I didn't go swimming.

* Subordinating conjunctions are used to join a subordinate dependent clause to a main clause, for example:
- I went swimming although it was cold.

Position

* Coordinating conjunctions always come between the words or clauses that they join.

* Subordinating conjunctions usually come at the beginning of the subordinate clause.

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