Essay On Conjunction

Today we shall look at the last 2 parts of speech, conjunctions and interjections.
Conjunction: It is a word that connects any two words, phrases or sentences.
A conjunction is a word whose primary function is to join words or groups of words. Unlike prepositions, conjunctions are used in a great variety of situations; in fact, an understanding of the proper uses of conjunctions can be of great help in the writing of clear, well constructed
Sentences.
In the sentence, “Asha and Nitin are friends”, the conjunction “and” connects 2 nouns and in the sentence, “He will drive or fly”, the conjunction “or” connects 2 verbs.

In the sentence, “It is early but we can go”, the conjunction “but” connects 2 groups of words.

Conjunctions are of two main types:
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• They ate and drank.
• Dorothy is often moody or irritable.
• Slowly but steadily the speed increased.

If three or more items are being connected in a series, the conjunction need not be repeated:
For Example:
• The course includes algebra, plane geometry, solid geometry and trigonometry.

Correlative Conjunctions

The coordinating conjunctions and, but, or, and nor are often used with both, not only, either, and neither, respectively, to form what are known as correlative conjunctions. Correlatives are always used in pairs. Notice that these, like the other coordinating conjunctions, join elements of the same class: nouns with nouns, verbs with verbs, etc.

Ref: Essential English Grammar, n.d, Philip Gucker
For Example:
• Abhay plays neither football nor cricket.
• That clock runs either too fast or too slow.

Usually the meaning is practically the same as it would be with a simple coordinating conjunction, but there is an additional degree of emphasis:
For Example
• He added sugar and cream.
• He added both sugar and cream.
• Both my grandfather and father worked in the steel plant
• The explosion destroyed not only the school but also the neighbouring