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Who Put the Junction in Conjunction? by Susan Thurman

A conjunction joins words in a sentence; that is, it provides a junction between words. Conjunctions are divided into three categories: coordinating, correlative, and subordinating.

Coordinating conjunctions include and, but, or, nor, for, so, and yet. Correlative conjunctions can't stand alone; they must have a “relative” nearby, usually in the same sentence. The pairs include both/and, either/or, neither/nor, not only/also, and not only/but also. Use subordinating conjunctions at the beginning of dependent (subordinate) clauses.

Common subordinating conjunctions

after

how

than

although

if

that

as in

order that

though

as if

in that

unless

as long as

inasmuch as

until

as much as

now that

when

as soon as

once

where

assuming that

providing that

whenever

because

since

wherever

before

so long as

whether

even though

so that

while
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