Conjunction
A conjunction is a word or
a phrase used to join words, phrases or classes. Let us take this sentence; I am late because I could
not get a taxi. In this sentence, there are two parts (clauses) “I am late” and
“I could not get a taxi,” the word “because” joins the two parts together. Let
us take another example: He is not intelligent, but he works very hard. In this
sentence the first clause is ‘He is not intelligent’ and the second clause is
‘he works very hard’. The word ‘But’ joins the two parts together and will be
called Conjunction. Sometimes a Conjunction is used right in the beginning of a
sentence. For example we say, “He listened to me patiently though he was
angry”. The same sentence can be written as, “Though he was angry, he listened
to me patiently”. In both these sentences the Conjunction ‘though’ performs the
same function.
Kinds of Conjunctions
Conjunctions are of two kinds.
Co-Ordinative Conjunctions
These are the Conjunctions which
either join those parts of sentence which are equal co-ordinating rank or words
that stand in the same relation to some other word in the sentence. Some of the
examples of Co-coordinative Conjunctions are:-
And, both, but, either-or,
neither-nor, as well as, otherwise, still, yet, but, for, therefore,
consequently, nevertheless, moreover etc.
Sub-Ordinative Conjunctions
These are the Conjunctions which join
Principal clause to
subordinate clause. Some of the examples are:-
subordinate clause. Some of the examples are:-
That,
after, till, since, because, if, unless, except, though, whether
and where etc.
and where etc.
