TASK4 NO.4

CONJUNCTIONS

Coordinating Conjunctions

There are only seven of these.

Learn to diagram coordinating conjunctions.

Example: cookies and milk

Here they are:

for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

You can remember them using the acronym FANBOYS.

Subordinating Conjunctions

There are many subordinating conjunctions. This list does not include all of them.

Learn to diagram subordinating conjunctions.

Example: I will eat broccoli after I eat this cookie.

A: after, although, as, as if, as long as, as much as, as soon as, as though

B: because, before, by the time

E: even if, even though

I: if, in order that, in case

L: lest

O: once, only if

P: provided that

S: since, so that

T: than, that, though, till

U: unless, until

W: when, whenever, where, wherever, while

Correlative Conjunctions

These are always used in pairs.

Example: 

This cookie contains neither chocolate nor nuts.

both... and

either... or

neither... nor

not only... but also

whether... or