What is a Conjunction? | Basic English Grammar Rules | ESL | SAT | TOEFL - By Socratica
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| 00:03 | conjunctions are the glue in English sentences . They hold | |
| 00:08 | parts of a sentence together . Words , phrases and | |
| 00:10 | clauses are brought together by these invaluable parts of speech | |
| 00:14 | . There are three kinds of conjunctions coordinating , subordinating | |
| 00:18 | and co relative . They all have their own special | |
| 00:21 | way of connecting parts of a sentence . First , | |
| 00:25 | let's look at the most familiar kind of conjunctions coordinating | |
| 00:28 | conjunctions . They can be used to join together words | |
| 00:31 | , phrases and independent causes . There are seven common | |
| 00:34 | coordinating conjunctions for and nor but or yet so Fanboys | |
| 00:41 | . That's a little pneumonic to remember the coordinating conjunctions | |
| 00:44 | . We'll look at three examples of coordinating conjunctions to | |
| 00:49 | see how they can join words , phrases or independent | |
| 00:52 | clauses . I would like to have a dog and | |
| 00:55 | a cat . Notice how the coordinating conjunctions always come | |
| 00:58 | between the words or phrases there joining together . You | |
| 01:01 | can buy fresh bread in the bakery or at the | |
| 01:03 | grocery story . We're all in the gutter . But | |
| 01:06 | some of us are looking at the stars that Oscar | |
| 01:10 | Wilde really knew how to join some independent clauses together | |
| 01:12 | , didn't he ? E subordinating conjunctions , by contrast | |
| 01:18 | , are only used to join together to clauses one | |
| 01:21 | dependent and one independent subordinate conjunctions include the words before | |
| 01:25 | after , although because since unless until while though , | |
| 01:32 | and many more they're called subordinate conjunctions because they join | |
| 01:36 | a subordinate or dependent cause toe an independent cause . | |
| 01:40 | Let's see these sticky words at work . E didn't | |
| 01:44 | feel like eating ice cream because it was too cold | |
| 01:46 | out . Although it was cold out , we still | |
| 01:49 | went swimming . Notice that the subordinate conjunction can appear | |
| 01:52 | either between the two clauses or it can be found | |
| 01:55 | at the beginning of the sentence . Finally , let's | |
| 01:59 | talk about car relative conjunctions . They always come in | |
| 02:02 | pairs and are used to join together words , phrases | |
| 02:05 | and clauses of similar length and impact . These include | |
| 02:09 | either or neither nor not only but also both , | |
| 02:13 | and whether or neither the threat of rain or the | |
| 02:18 | sound of thunder would stop Henry from walking his dog | |
| 02:21 | . Yeah , you can either tell me the answer | |
| 02:23 | to the riddle , or you can leave this in | |
| 02:25 | her party immediately . She was not only a terrible | |
| 02:28 | host , but also a terrible guest . Once upon | |
| 02:34 | a time , there was a very silly rumor floating | |
| 02:36 | around that you could not start a sentence with a | |
| 02:38 | conjunction . I don't know who started this rumor . | |
| 02:42 | It's perfectly acceptable to use a conjunction to give the | |
| 02:45 | start of your sentence a little punch . In the | |
| 02:47 | words of Groucho Marx , I've had a perfectly wonderful | |
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This video reviews the role of coordinating, subordinating, and correlative conjunctions in sentences. It explains their use in joining words, phrases, and clauses.
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What is a Conjunction? | Basic English Grammar Rules | ESL | SAT | TOEFL is a free educational video by Socratica.It helps students in grades 4 practice the following standards L.4.2.C.
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1. L.4.2.C : Use a comma before a coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence..
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L.4.2.C
