Conjunctions join words, sentences , phrases , or clauses . Examples : and, then, but, however, or, even. Inexperienced writers overuse conjunctions, and they end up with too many thoughts in one sentence. Long sentences do not impress readers. They show a writer’s ignorance and chase readers away. More examples: and, but, either…or, neither…nor, that, as, after, before, since, when, where, if. There are three types of conjunctions: coordinating, subordinating, and correlative conjunctions. Coordinating conjunctions A coordinating conjunction is a word that joins two elements of equal grammatical rank and syntactic importance . They can join two verbs, two nouns, two adjectives, two phrases, or two independent clauses. The seven coordinating conjunctions are for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so . Everything that you need to know about nouns. Everything that you need to know about verbs Everything that you need to know about pronouns Everything ...
David White is an Australian English teacher who has been living in Peru since 2001. In partnership with his wife Claudia, they are the owners of ¨English For You Language Institute´, an institute that specializes in the teaching of all levels of English from Basic (A1) to Advanced (C2) including international exam preparation. They are also the owners of ELT Educational Services and David is also the Headmaster of the American School, a respected bilingual ib school in Northern Peru.