Conjunction is a word that connects words, groups of words, or sentences.
For example:
(i) I helped him because he was needy.
(ii) Ratna is studying but her brother is playing.
(iii) John and David are good friends.
(iv) Do you know that he is a man of knowledge?
All the italicised words are conjunctions because they join words, groups of words or sentences.
1. Coordinating Conjunction
(i) Coordinating conjunctions join two words or sentences of equal rank or order. For example:
(ii) We also label a conjunction as coordinating when it connects single words together, as single words are of the same rank or order.
Examples of Coordinating Conjunctions
2. Subordinating Conjunction
(i) Subordinating conjunctions join two sentences of unequal rank or order. One of the sentences depends on the other.
(ii) Take the first sentence. It contains two statements:
(iii) In other sentences, words like if, though, and unless connect two sentences of unequal rank or order. Therefore, they are all subordinating conjunctions.
Note: The subordinating conjunction is always the first word in the dependent sentence.
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