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Conjunction in English Grammar

Conjunction is a part of speech that combines two simple sentences. It may join two words in a sentence other than two verbs. For example 1. Raju came to school AND Ramu came to cinema. The two simple sentences Raju came to school, Ramu came to cinema are combined by a word AND ( conjunction ). Some simple single word conjunctions 1. AND 2. AFTER 3. BUT 4. BECAUSE 5. BEFORE 6. FOR 7. IF 8. IT 9. LEST 10. OR 11. TILL 12. THAT 13. SINCE 14. STILL 15. UNLESS 16. UNTIL 17. WHETHER 18. WHEN 19. WHILE We will see every single word conjunctions now with examples. 1. AND: A conjunction used to join two simple sentences or two nouns or two pronouns. Examples: i. Ravi AND Sasi are good friends. (joining two nouns). ii. We went to temple AND they went to a movie. (joining two simple sentences). 2. AFTER: This conjunction and also a preposition can be used in a sentence to denote an action happening at a time following to a recommended ti