If
you wish to make grammatically long and correct sentences, this article is
really beneficial for you. Herein you will have an easy access to outstanding
knowledge about
1. What
is a conjunction?
2. How
many types of conjunctions are there in the English language?
3. How
to categorize them?
4. What
is a coordination conjunction?
5. Types
of coordinating conjunction.
What is a conjunction?
A
conjunction is a word that we use to make longer sentences and it connects two or
more than two subjects, nouns, pronouns, sentences, clauses, verbs, phrases,
adjectives and adverbs.
Let’s
look at some conjunction examples
1. Rahul
and Mickey are best friends. (noun as subjects)
2. We
learnt 10
kinds of adjectives and examples in the last class. (noun as
objects)
3. You
and they go to the same college. (pronoun as subjects)
4. I
go to school, but don’t study properly. (sentences)
5. Everybody
knows that the honesty is the best policy. (Clauses)
6. Depression
undermines human’s body not only physically but also mentally. (adverbs)
7. My
teacher always upheld me and guided wisely. (verbs)
8. He
is smart and intelligent. (adjectives)
In
the above examples you have observed how a conjunction deals with various
functions and helps you learn English
Grammar and make longer sentences easily.
You
can learn conjunctions even faster when you know the types of conjunction and conjunction words with category.
These things decide how smartly you can access and finish learning them.
Types of conjunction
When
it comes to categorizing the conjunctions you can divide them into two parts as
mentioned in the below.
1. Coordinating
conjunction
2. Subordination
conjunction
You
are going to learn the first part of conjunction in this article which is
coordination conjunction with examples.
Coordinating conjunction
What
is a coordinating conjunction?
A
coordinating conjunction makes coordination with the different things and
connects same kind of things using various conjunctions like and, yet, but,
still, for, etc.
1. Cumulative
2. Adversative
3. Illative
4. Alternative
1. Cumulative conjunctions:-
are the conjunctions that connect the same kind of things and can be replaced
with other conjunctive words of the same category. Let’s look at cumulative
conjunctions now.
(Also,
too, as well as, no less than, both… and, not only … but also, and)
You
can use any of conjunction words in this type because you can easily replace
one conjunction with another one.
Let’s
see the conjunction examples and learn how you can replace it.
Examples
1. He
knows Hindi and English.
2. He
knows both Hindi and English.
3. He
knows not only Hindi and but also English.
4. He
knows Hindi as well as English.
5.
He knows Hindi and English too.
6.
He knows Hindi and also English.
7. He knows Hindi No less than English.
Also
1.
He is learning French and can learn
English also.
2.
They have also applied for the post of a civil engineer.
Both … and
1.
We can do both online marketing and offline promotions.
2.
She is both my best friend and soulmate.
3.
Neha can both talk to her friend and manage her daily tasks
simultaneously.
Too
1. Indian
people have fear of English and they speak it too.
2. She
too knows how much I care for her.
Not
only but Also
1. Not
only She but also I am waiting for her father’s decision.
2. She
not only upheld me but also guided to me know proficiency efficiently.
3. I
have not only a chance to learn but also a career opportunity in content
writing.
As well as
1. People
need an arm chair job as well as a good salary.
2. She
is skillful in search engine optimization as well as in web designing.
And
1. My
best friend and I are enough strong to make it possible.
2. I
am a content writer and a part time English tutor.
No less than
1. I
have friends no less than enemies in my life.
2. There
are no less than 1 million opportunities we can create in our life.
Alternative
Conjunction
There
are different types of conjunctions
as per the requirements of the sentences. Alternative conjunctions are used to
show an additional options to join two or more than two different things and
show a selection for the available options.
Otherwise, either… or,
else, neither… nor, or
Examples
1. I
will always be in her life either in dreams or in reality.
2. Either
she or her family will be there with me.
3. She
will either talk to me or block my number.
Neither …. Nor
1. Neither
she nor I have stopped caring for each other.
2. I
can neither forget her nor will let her forget me.
3. I
have neither money nor job.
Or
1. I
will live with her or die every second of my life.
2. The
students will not play or study during winter vacation.
3. You
or your brother is liable for this causality.
Otherwise
1. The
students have English phobia
otherwise they would surely get a job easily.
2. They
entered my room otherwise I would have slept.
Else
1. What
else do you want to know about this course?
2. The
people maintained social distancing and followed the guidelines else it was
impossible to fight against such a contagious virus.
3. I
received an offer to work with a reputed organization else I would start my own
business.
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