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  2. English coordinators - Wikipedia

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    English coordinators (also known as coordinating conjunctions) are conjunctions that connect words, phrases, or clauses with equal syntactic importance. The primary coordinators in English are and , but , or , and nor .

  3. 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).

  4. Conjunction (grammar) - Wikipedia

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    Coordinating conjunctions, also called coordinators, are conjunctions that join, or coordinate, two or more items (such as words, main clauses, or sentences) of equal syntactic importance. In English, the mnemonic acronym FANBOYS can be used to remember the most commonly used coordinators : for , and , nor , but , or , yet , and so . [ 13 ]

  5. English grammar - Wikipedia

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    Conjunctions express a variety of logical relations between items, phrases, clauses and sentences. [33] They help link ideas, show relationships, and form more complex sentences. The principal coordinating conjunctions in English are: and, or, but, nor, so, yet, and for.

  6. Sentence clause structure - Wikipedia

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    Sentence 1 is an example of a simple sentence. Sentence 2 is compound because "so" is considered a coordinating conjunction in English, and sentence 3 is complex. Sentence 4 is compound-complex (also known as complex-compound). Example 5 is a sentence fragment. I like trains. I don't know how to bake, so I buy my bread already made.

  7. NYT ‘Connections’ Hints and Answers Today, Saturday ... - AOL

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    Get ready for all of today's NYT 'Connections’ hints and answers for #580 on Saturday, January 11, 2025. Today's NYT Connections puzzle for Saturday, January 11, 2025The New York Times.

  8. Polysyndeton - Wikipedia

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    Polysyndeton (from Ancient Greek πολύ poly "many" and συνδετόν syndeton "bound together with") [1] is the deliberate insertion of conjunctions into a sentence for the purpose of "slow[ing] up the rhythm of the prose" so as to produce "an impressively solemn note."

  9. Dependent clause - Wikipedia

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    The connecting word "that", if not explicitly included, is understood to implicitly precede "I won" and in either case functions as a subordinating conjunction. This sentence also includes two independent clauses, "I cried" and "I didn't faint", connected by the coordinating conjunction "but".