PPT on Conjunction, its types and Clauses

1. Conjunctions
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2. Definition:
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A conjunction is a word whose primary function is to join words or groups
of words.
Unlike prepositions, conjunctions are used in a great variety of situations;
in fact, an understanding of the proper uses of conjunctions can be of
great help in the writing of clear, wellconstructed sentences.
Conjunctions are of two main types: coordinating conjunctions (which
include correlative conjunctions) and subordinating conjunctions.

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Coordinating Conjunctions
Coordinating conjunctions are normally used to connect
sentence elements of the same grammatical class:
Their only weapons were scythes and pitchforks.
(nouns)
Some of them hesitated and started to retreat.
(verbs)
Dorothy is often moody or irritable. (adjectives)

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Contd.
If three or more items are being connected in a series, the
conjunction need not be repeated:
The course includes algebra, plane geometry, solid geometry,
and trigonometry.
His hat might be anywhere: behind the door, under the bed, or
on the chandelier.

5. Contd.
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The words used as coordinating conjunctions
are and, but, or, nor, for, yet, and so.
FAN BOYS
The conjunction nor is not normally used by
itself; it is part of the correlative neither . . . nor.

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Correlative Conjunctions
The coordinating conjunctions and, but, or, and nor are often used
with both, not only, either, and neither, respectively, to form what
are known as correlative conjunctions.
Correlatives are always used in pairs.
Notice that these, like the other coordinating conjunctions, join
elements of the same class: nouns with nouns, verbs with verbs,
etc.:

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Examples:
Both Democrats
and Republicans
will back such a
proposal. (nouns)
Your method is
not only wasteful
but (also) slow.
(adjectives)
Starkey neither
drinks nor
smokes. (verbs)
That clock runs
either too fast or
too slow.
(adverbs)
Either the coffee
is weak or you've
added too much
cream. (clauses)

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Subordinating Conjunctions
Subordinating
conjunctions are used to
connect adverb or noun
(subordinate) clauses to
some sentence element
in a main clause.
They do not connect
adjective clauses, which
are introduced and
joined by relative
pronouns.

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These are some of the words commonly
used as subordinating conjunctions:
when, because, if, though, after, unless,
until, whether, that.
CONTD.

10. thank you
Qurat ul ain
quratulain@incollege.edu.pk