Conjunctions and its Types

What are conjunctions?

In simple words, conjunctions are words that are used to join words, phrases and sentences. 

For instance:

It rained yesterday, so she couldn’t go out. Here, “so” is the conjunction. 

Some commonly used conjunctions are: but, because, since, yet, although, because. 

Conjunctions are the different adhesives that we use to join the clauses. Surprisingly, even though they are simple, we get confused when we have to decide between ‘even if’ and ‘even though’ or between ‘unless’ and ‘until’.

There are three different types of conjunctions:

• Coordinating conjunctions: join individual words, phrases and independent clauses. 

        For instance: Lucknow and Mumbai are in India. Here, “and” is the coordinating conjunction.

• Subordinating conjunctions: introduce a dependent clause and indicate the nature of relationship among the independent and depended clause(s). 

        For instance: He wanted to know whether there was a hotel nearby. Here, whether is the subordinating conjunction. 

• Correlative conjunctions: appear in pairs and are used to link equivalent sentence elements. 

        For instance: It was not only complicated but also difficult. Here, not only…but also are correlative conjunctions. 

In this video, you will learn not only how to structure the compound and complex sentences but also how to avoid the most commonly made errors while using conjunctions in compound and complex sentences.