Conjunctions are joining words, coordinating conjunctions join groups of words about similar things. Find out more in this Bitesize Primary 2nd level English and literacy guide.

Conjunctions, like so many other parts of speech, have multiple roles. There are “coordinating conjunctions,” “correlative conjunctions,” and “subordinating conjunctions.” “Coordinating conjunctions” ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information Language, a journal of the Linguistic Society of America (LSA), has appeared continuously since 1925 (4 issues per year). It ...

A comma splice is the use of a comma, instead of a coordinating conjunction or a semicolon, between the two independent clauses of a compound sentence. If the comma is left out, a second grammatical ...

Example: I went to the beach, and I got a sunburn. The two independent clauses in this sentence are “I went to the beach” and “I got a sunburn.” The coordinating conjunction is “and ...