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* Coordinate conjunctions: | * Coordinate conjunctions: | ||
** simple coordinate conjunctions: and, or, but | ** simple coordinate conjunctions: and, or, but | ||
** complex coordinate conjunctions: either ... or, neither ... nor | ** complex coordinate conjunctions: either ... or, neither ... nor | ||
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Coordinate conjunctions link two phrases of the same type. | Coordinate conjunctions link two phrases of the same type. | ||
*Subordinate conjunctions | * Subordinate conjunctions: since, because, while, although, when, before, after, until, unless, as, if | ||
Difference between coordinate and subordinate conjunctions: | Difference between coordinate and subordinate conjunctions: | ||
Latest revision as of 12:27, 21 April 2017
Subclasses:
- Coordinate conjunctions:
- simple coordinate conjunctions: and, or, but
- complex coordinate conjunctions: either ... or, neither ... nor
Coordinate conjunctions link two phrases of the same type.
- Subordinate conjunctions: since, because, while, although, when, before, after, until, unless, as, if
Difference between coordinate and subordinate conjunctions:
- Pat went to the theater and Chris stayed home.
- *And Chris stayed home Pat went to the theater.
- Pat went to the theater while Chris stayed home.
- While Chris stayed home, Pat went to the theater.
Complementizers are syntactically similar to subordinate conjunctions.