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Conjunctions: The Most Common Conjunctions Are "And", "But" and "Or"

Conjunctions are used to link words and sentences. There are two types of conjunctions: coordinating and subordinate. Coordinating conjunctions like "and", "but", and "or" link elements of equal importance. Subordinate conjunctions like "although" and "since" introduce dependent clauses and show that one clause depends on the other. It's important to understand the difference between conjunctions like "although" and "however" when linking clauses.

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Conjunctions: The Most Common Conjunctions Are "And", "But" and "Or"

Conjunctions are used to link words and sentences. There are two types of conjunctions: coordinating and subordinate. Coordinating conjunctions like "and", "but", and "or" link elements of equal importance. Subordinate conjunctions like "although" and "since" introduce dependent clauses and show that one clause depends on the other. It's important to understand the difference between conjunctions like "although" and "however" when linking clauses.

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CONJUNCTIONS

Conjunctions are used to link words and / or sentences together.


There are two types of conjunctions and their position within a type-
dependent sentence. In addition, there are three forms of
conjunctions.

The most common conjunctions are "and", "but" and "or".

Examples:
1. She works in a bank and goes to college (She works in a bank and goes to college).
2. I like to swim in the ocean, but only if the water is warm (I like to swim in the ocean, but only
if the water is hot).
3. We can study now or later. (We can study now or later).

TYPES OF CONJUNCTIONS
1. Coordinating conjunctions: This type of conjunction is used when we want to link two
sentences that have the same value.
Position: They always go between phrases or words.

and (y) 1. She likes to sing and dance.


(Le gusta cantar y bailar.)
but (pero)
however (sin embargo) 2. I want to move to London so I am studying English.
or (o) (Quiero mudarme a Londres, por lo tanto estoy estudiando inglés.)

so (así que) 3. They are moving to Barcelona, however they really like
then (entonces) Madrid.
(Se mudan a Barcelona sin embargo les gusta mucho Madrid.)
therefore (por lo tanto)
4. I like rap but I dislike pop music.
yet (aún) (Me gusta el rap pero me disgusta la música pop)
2. Subordinate conjunctions: This type of conjunction is used when one of the phrases
depends on the other (subordinate phrase). The subordinate phrase is meaningless without
the other. Most conjunctions are subordinate.
Position: In general they go before the subordinate phrase.

although (aunque) 1. I have been working at the bank since 2005.


(Llevo trabajando en el banco desde 2005.)
as (como)
after (después)
2. She is studying English so that she can move to London.
before (antes), (Está estudiando inglés para que pueda mudarse a Londres.)

if (si)
3. They went to the beach although it was raining.
since (ya que) (Fueron a la playa aunque estaba lloviendo.)

so that (para que)


until (hasta) when (cuando)

NOTE: It's easy to confuse although and however because they're both used to show a
contrast between ideas. But they aren't the same kind of word. Although is used to start a
dependent clause (DC). However is used to link two independent clauses (IC) that have a full
stop between them.
Example:
I feel extremely tired, although I went to bed early last night.
(Here, although introduces the dependent clause (DC) although I went to bed early last night.
The sentence has the pattern IC, DC.)
I'm running a little late with the speech; however, I expect to finish it by this afternoon.
(Here, however is linking two independent clauses (IC) with a full stop (a semicolon) between
them. The sentence has the pattern IC; however, IC.)

LET’S PARACTICE!
https://www.curso-ingles.com/practicar/ejercicios/conjunctions
https://www.curso-ingles.com/practicar/ejercicios/conjunctions-2
https://www.noslangues-ourlanguages.gc.ca/en/quiz/jeu-quiz-although-however-eng

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