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Conjunctional Idioms

CONJUNCTIONAL SETS: Conjunction is a word used in sentences a part of speech to joint two sentences. In simple, conjunction used to adjoin two simple sentences. There are single words conjunctions such as AND, AFTER, BUT, BECAUSE, BEFORE, FOR, IF, IT, LEST, OR, TILL, THAT, SINCE, STILL, UNLESS, UNTIL, WHETHER, WHEN, WHILE, they are used to connect two simple sentences, AND is the one conjunction which adjoins two words like nouns or two pronouns. Now we see two or more words conjunctions that are called conjunction idioms and conjunction duos. CONJUNCTIONAL SETS: Conjunctional sets are two words their duty in a sentence as a part of speech is to adjoin two simple sentences. Important conjunctional duos are as follows: 1. EITHER…OR 2. BOTH…AND 3. NEITHER…NOR 4. NO SOONER…THAN 5. THOUGH…YET 6. WHETHER…OR Now we will see each of these conjunctional duos with examples one by one: 1. EITHER…OR: This is a conjunction duo used in sentences to introduce two ...

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...