Conjunctions

Coordinating Conjunctions A conjunction is a word that joins words or groups of words. And But Or Yet So For Nor

Correlative Conjunctions You must use correlative conjunction in their pair groups. If you use “not only” you have to use “but also” later in the sentence, etc. Not only Both Neither Either Whether But Also And Nor Or

Rules for Conjunctions and Commas If the list has only two items, do not use a comma. For example: Rick and Steve made a snowman. If the list has more than two items, use commas between each item, but not after the last item. For example: Rick, Steve, and George made a snowman. If you are joining two sentence, you must use a comma before the conjunction. For example: Rick and Steve made a snowman, and George was jealous.

Example Conjunction Joining Words Sheila, Suzy, and Shannon ran, jumped, and fell over the fence. “And” joins Sheila to Suzy and Shannon (nouns). “And” joins ran to jumped and fell (verbs).

Example Conjunction Joining Groups of Words After recess but before the end of the day we need to put together the Wednesday folders. “But” joins the prepositional phrases “after recess” and “before the end”. They brushed their teeth, and then they went to bed. “And” connects the two complete sentences: They brushed their teeth. Then they went to bed.