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Such languages often lack conjunctions as a part of speech, because: the form of the verb used is formally nominalised and cannot occur in an independent clause the clause-final conjunction or suffix attached to the verb is a marker of case and is also used in nouns to indicate certain functions.
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 .
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.
About coordinating conjunctions and commas last week, a reader points out that “because” is a subordinating conjunction, and so one of my examples was erroneous. The reader is, of course, correct.
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).
Subordinating conjunction: because; When they told me (that) I won the contest, I cried, but I didn't faint. (compound-complex sentence) Subjects: they, I, I, I; Predicates: told me, won the contest, cried, didn't faint; Subordinating conjunctions: when, that (implied or understood) Coordinating conjunction: but
English subordinators (also known as subordinating conjunctions or complementizers) are words that mostly mark clauses as subordinate. The subordinators form a closed lexical category in English and include whether ; and, in some of their uses, if , that , for , arguably to , and marginally how .
In the following example sentences, independent clauses are underlined, and conjunctions are in bold. Single independent clauses: I have enough money to buy an ice cream cone. My favourite flavour is chocolate. Let's go to the shop. Multiple independent clauses: I have enough money to buy an ice cream cone; my favourite flavour is chocolate.