Conjunction

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A conjunction (conjunción in Spanish) is a word that joins two words, clauses, or sentences. Some common conjunctions are and, or, and but (Spanish y, o, and pero).

Types of conjunctions

There are different types of conjunctions.

Coordinating conjunctions

Coordinating conjunctions link two words, phrases or sentences of the same type. For example, they can link two nouns, two predicates, or two sentences. When joining two elements with a coordinating conjunction, the resultant element is a compound element, ie: compound sentence. In English there are seven coordinating conjunctions: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so. The acronym FANBOYS is often taught as a memory aid to recall these seven conjunctions.

Coordinating conjunctions
F	A	N	B	O	Y	S
for	and	nor	but	or	yet	so

Correlative conjunctions

These conjunctions join two sentence elements of the same kind and are always used in pairs.

Correlative conjunctions
either ... or ...	neither ... nor ...	both ... and ...	not only ... but also ...	whether ... or ...

Subordinating conjunctions

Subordinating conjunctions are used to create subordinate adverbial clauses. In English the subordinating conjunctions, which are also adverbs, are as follows.

Related to time	Cause and effect	Oppositional	Conditional
after	as	although	even if
before	because	even though	if
since	in order that	though	if only
until	now that	whereas	in case
when	since	while	only if
while	so		unless
			whether or not

Conjunctions in Spanish

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