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Conjunction Fay Iris Justin Key Benjamin Willy Definition A conjunction is a part of speech that connects two words, sentences, phrases, or clauses together. Types of Conjunction Coordinating Conjunction Correlative Conjunction Subordinating Conjunction Coordinating Conjunction Coordinators Conjunctions that join two or more items of equal syntactic importance, such as words, main clauses, or sentences. Examples For: presents a person (He is gambling with his health, for he had been smoking far too long.) And: presents non-contrasting items or ideas. (They gamble, and they smoke.) Nor: presents a non-contrasting negative idea. (They do not gamble, nor do they smoke.) But: presents a contrast or exception. (They gamble, but they don’t smoke.) Or: presents an alternative item or idea. (Everyday, they gamble or they smoke.) Yet: presents a contrast or exception. (They gamble, yet they don’t smoke.) So: present a consequence. (He gambled well last night, so he smoked a cigar to celebrate.) Correlative Conjunctions Pairs of conjunctions that work together to coordinate two items. Examples: Either do your work or prepare for a trip to the office. Not only is he handsome but he is also brilliant. Neither the basketball team nor the football team is doing well. Both the cross country team and the swimming team are doing well. Whether you stay or go is your decision. Subordinating Conjunctions Subordinators. Conjunctions that introduce dependent clause. The most common subordinating conjunctions in the English language include the following: after, although, as if, as much as, as long as, as soon as, as though, because, before, but, even if, even though, if, in that, in order that, lest, since, so that, than, that, though, unless, until, when, whenever, where, wherever, whether, and while. * *