conjunctions

Conjunctions (Kata Hubung)

A conjunction is a word that joins two or more words, phrases, or clauses. (Kata hubung adalah sebuah kata yang menghubungkan dua kata atau lebih, frase, klausa)

Coordinating Conjunctions

There are only seven of these.

Learn to diagram coordinating conjunctions.

Example: cookies and milk

Here they are: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so (FANBOYS)


Subordinating Conjunctions

A: after, although, as, as if, as long as, as much as, as soon as, as though

B: because, before, by the time

E: even if, even though

I: if, in order that, in case

L: lest

O:once, only if

P: provided that

S: since, so that

T: than, that, though, till

U: unless, until

W: when, whenever, where, wherever, while

Example: I will eat broccoli after I eat this cookie.


Correlative Conjunctions

These are always used in pairs.

Example: This cookie contains neither chocolate nor nuts.

both... and

either... or

neither... nor

not only... but also

whether... or