What are coordinating conjunctions?
Conjunctions are joining words that link together parts of a sentence.
The three main coordinating conjunctions are:
- and
- but
- or
They can be used to join together two clauses in a sentence. However, the clauses need to make sense on their own.
For example:
I had a terrible cold. I still went to work.
You can add the coordinating conjunction âbutâ in between these causes so the sentence reads:
I had a terrible cold but I still went to school.
Remember though, you can often leave out the subject word in the second coordinating clause.
For example:
I had a terrible cold but still went to school.
In this example you can remove the word 'I' from the second coordinating clause.
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