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  2. Conjunction (grammar) - Wikipedia

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    In grammar, a conjunction (abbreviated CONJ or CNJ) is a part of speech that connects words, phrases, or clauses, which are called its conjuncts. That description is vague enough to overlap with those of other parts of speech because what constitutes a "conjunction" must be defined for each language. In English, a given word may have several ...

  3. Sentence clause structure - Wikipedia

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    A conjunction can be used to make a compound sentence. Conjunctions are words such as for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so. Examples: I started on time, but I arrived late. I will accept your offer or decline it; these are the two options. The law was passed: from April 1, all cars would have to be tested.

  4. Coordination (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    In linguistics, coordination is a complex syntactic structure that links together two or more elements; these elements are called conjuncts or conjoins. The presence of coordination is often signaled by the appearance of a coordinator (coordinating conjunction), e.g. and, or, but (in English). The totality of coordinator (s) and conjuncts ...

  5. English grammar - Wikipedia

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    English grammar is the set of structural rules of the English language.This includes the structure of words, phrases, clauses, sentences, and whole texts.. This article describes a generalized, present-day Standard English – a form of speech and writing used in public discourse, including broadcasting, education, entertainment, government, and news, over a range of registers, from formal to ...

  6. Part of speech - Wikipedia

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    a word that relates words to each other in a phrase or sentence and aids in syntactic context (in, of). Prepositions show the relationship between a noun or a pronoun with another word in the sentence. Conjunction (connects) a syntactic connector; links words, phrases, or clauses (and, but). Conjunctions connect words or group of words.

  7. Compound verb - Wikipedia

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    t. e. In linguistics, a compound verb or complex predicate is a multi- word compound that functions as a single verb. One component of the compound is a light verb or vector, which carries any inflections, indicating tense, mood, or aspect, but provides only fine shades of meaning. The other, "primary", component is a verb or noun which carries ...

  8. French conjunctions - Wikipedia

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    French conjunctions. French conjunctions are words that connect words, phrases, or clauses in the French language. They are used to create more complex sentences and to show the relationships between ideas. French conjunctions can be divided into two main categories: coordinating and subordinating conjunctions. [1] [2]

  9. Propositional calculus - Wikipedia

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    Propositional calculus. Not to be confused with Propositional analysis. The propositional calculus[a] is a branch of logic. [1] It is also called propositional logic, [2] statement logic, [1] sentential calculus, [3] sentential logic, [1] or sometimes zeroth-order logic. [4][5] It deals with propositions [1] (which can be true or false) [6] and ...