CONJUNCTIONS
Conjunctions are words used as joiners.
Different kinds of conjunctions join different
kinds of grammatical structures.
The following are the kinds of conjunctions:
A. COORDINATING
CONJUNCTIONS (FANBOYS)
for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
Coordinating
conjunctions join equals to one another:
words to words, phrases to
phrases, clauses to
clauses.
Example:
word to word most children like cookies and milk
phrase to phrase the gold is hidden at the beach or by the lakeside
clause to clause what you say and what you do are two different things
Example:
word to word most children like cookies and milk
phrase to phrase the gold is hidden at the beach or by the lakeside
clause to clause what you say and what you do are two different things
Coordinating conjunctions usually form looser
connections than other conjunctions do.
Example:
marge was late for work,and she received a cut in pay. (very loose)
marge was late for work ,so she received a cut in pay. (loose)
because marge was late for work ,she received a cut in pay.(the subordinate conjunction because creates a tighter link between to the ideas)
Example:
marge was late for work,and she received a cut in pay. (very loose)
marge was late for work ,so she received a cut in pay. (loose)
because marge was late for work ,she received a cut in pay.(the subordinate conjunction because creates a tighter link between to the ideas)
Coordinating conjunctions go in between
items joined, not at the beginning or end.
Examples:
correct : i like coffee,but i don't like tea
incorrect: but i don't like tea,i like coffee
Examples:
correct : i like coffee,but i don't like tea
incorrect: but i don't like tea,i like coffee
paralel contruction
By convention, items in a series appear in parallel grammatical
form: a noun is listed with other nouns, an -ing form with other -ing forms, and so on. Failure to express such items in similar grammatical form is called faulty parallelism.
sumber :grammar.about.com/od/pq/g/c.htm
http://www.towson.edu/ows/conjunctions.htm
