Conjunctions Introduction
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Conjunction. It's a word that sounds vaguely unclean… like conjunctivitis (pinkeye to you) or consumption (tuberculosis).
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But it's less contaminating that it sounds. We promise.
You might know the word conjunction from that infuriating Schoolhouse Rock jingle "Conjunction Junction," which sounds like a cheesy Sinatra tune. If this is your first time listening to this earworm, we're sorry. That song will be with you for life.
So what is a conjunction, besides, as Schoolhouse Rock would have us believe, a weird abandoned train depot?
Conjunctions connect words, phrases, and clauses.
There are three types:
- coordinating
- correlative
- subordinating
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