{"id":10163,"date":"2022-02-17T10:00:40","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T10:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elblogdeidiomas.es\/?p=10163"},"modified":"2022-02-18T13:54:12","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T13:54:12","slug":"conjunctions-in-english-and-how-to-use-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elblogdeidiomas.es\/en\/conjunctions-in-english-and-how-to-use-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Conjunctions in English and how to use them"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What are conjunctions? These important connecting words are found in English and many other languages.\u00a0<strong>There are three types of conjunctions<\/strong>.\u00a0They include coordinate conjunctions, subordinate conjunctions, and correlative conjunctions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 2rem; background: #F4F4F4;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #fff; background: #FF6868;\">\u00cdNDICE DE CONTENIDOS<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#coordinating\">Coordinating conjunctions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#subordinating\">Subordinating conjunctions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#other\">Other ways to connect sentences<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Coordinate conjunctions are small, effective words that join independent clauses, dependent clauses, phrases, things, and elements in lists. By definition, conjunctions bring two separate things together and create transitions between different thoughts.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"coordinatings\">Coordinating conjunctions<\/h2>\n<p>In English, there are seven types of coordinating conjunctions including,\u00a0<strong>for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so<\/strong> all express contrast.\u00a0The word &#8220;and&#8221; links unrelated nouns and clauses.\u00a0It is then used to express a result, a reason, or to introduce a question.<\/p>\n<h3>And<\/h3>\n<p>We use the conjunction &#8220;and&#8221; to\u00a0<strong>join<\/strong>\u00a0similar terms.<\/p>\n<p>Example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>She has a bike and a car.<br \/>\nElla tiene una bicicleta y un auto.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>For<\/h3>\n<p>It is often used as a preposition, but it can also be used as a conjunction that is <strong>similar to the word because.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jill cried for she knew Jack was her only love.<br \/>\nJill llor\u00f3 porque sab\u00eda que Jack era su \u00fanico amor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Yet<\/h3>\n<p>However, it is versatile conjunction that expresses <strong>contrast<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Galen is tall and clumsy, yet he\u2019s great at sports.<br \/>\nGalen es alto y torpe, pero es excelente para los deportes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>But<\/h3>\n<p>We use the conjunction &#8220;but&#8221; to make a <strong>comparison<\/strong>\u00a0or emphasize a difference.<\/p>\n<p>Example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>She bought a book but she didn\u2019t read it.<br \/>\nCompr\u00f3 un libro pero no lo ley\u00f3.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>So<\/h3>\n<p>We use the conjunction &#8220;so&#8221; to <strong>explain the outcome or consequences of something.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Her friend was coming so she cooked a meal.<br \/>\nSu amiga iba a venir, as\u00ed que prepar\u00f3 una comida.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Or<\/h3>\n<p>We use the conjunction &#8220;or&#8221; to designate the <strong>possibility of making a choice.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You can drink beer or sweet juice.<br \/>\nPuedes beber cerveza o jugo dulce.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Nor<\/h3>\n<p>We use the conjunction &#8220;nor&#8221;;\u00a0to mark the idea of\u00a0<strong>adding in a negative sentence or proposition.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Example;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He has not asked his father\u2019s point of view nor his mother\u2019s one<br \/>\nNo ha preguntado el punto de vista de su padre ni el de su madre<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"subordinating\">Subordinating conjunctions<\/h2>\n<p>Subordinate conjunctions make it possible to relate two groups of words by making the second group of words a subordinate clause.\u00a0<strong>The subordinate clause acts as an answer to the question posed in the main one.\u00a0<\/strong>They are usually placed at the beginning of the main clause, but they can also be in the middle of the two clauses.<\/p>\n<p>They are multiple, namely:<\/p>\n<p>That, when, where, while, before, until, if, after, since, what, because, although, though, unless, as, why, which; whom, whose, how, who, then, as\u2026 as, such\u2026 as, etc.<\/p>\n<p>Eso, cuando, d\u00f3nde, mientras, antes, hasta, si, despu\u00e9s, desde, qu\u00e9, porque, aunque, a menos, como, por qu\u00e9, cu\u00e1l; qui\u00e9n, de qui\u00e9n, c\u00f3mo, qui\u00e9n, que, como \u2026 como, como \u2026 como, etc.<\/p>\n<h3>Some examples<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>He is the man whom, I want to see.<\/li>\n<li>Although he never figured out why Hanna winked on her way out the door.<\/li>\n<li><em>\u00a0<\/em>\u00c9l es el hombre a quien quiero ver.<\/li>\n<li>Aunque \u00e9l nunca supo por qu\u00e9, Hanna le gui\u00f1\u00f3 un ojo al salir por la puerta.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"correlativas\">Correlative conjunctions<\/h2>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>These are conjunctions that\u00a0<strong>are used in pairs, in groups of two terms<\/strong>.\u00a0They are similar to coordinate conjunctions in that they link words that have a close meaning.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Either\u2026or, neither\u2026nor, not only\u2026but also, both\u2026and.<br \/>\nO \u2026 oro, ni ni, no solo pero tambien, ambos y.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Examples<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Either\u2026or, either he or I am able to do the job.<br \/>\nO\u2026 o: O \u00e9l o yo podemos hacer el trabajo.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Neither\u2026nor: Neither Rodney nor Paul made the varsity team this year.<br \/>\nNi \u2026 ni: Ni Rodney ni Paul llegaron al equipo universitario este a\u00f1o.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Not only\u2026but also: It was not only unkind but also untrue.<br \/>\nNo solo \u2026 sino tambi\u00e9n: no solo fue cruel sino tambi\u00e9n falso<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Both\u2026and: Selena both speaks German and French well.<br \/>\nAmbos\u2026 y: Selena habla bien alem\u00e1n y franc\u00e9s.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are other\u00a0<strong>words like nevertheless, however, meanwhile and indeed<\/strong>, that can be used as conjunctions, to join two words or sentences.<\/p>\n<h3>Examples:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>I don\u2019t know anything against the man, nevertheless, I don\u2019t trust him<\/li>\n<li>I don\u2019t know how he is going to pay back the money he has borrowed, however, that is his business, not mine.<\/li>\n<li>No s\u00e9 nada contra el hombre, sin embargo, no conf\u00edo en \u00e9l.<br \/>\nNo s\u00e9 c\u00f3mo va a devolver el dinero que pidi\u00f3 prestado, sin embargo, ese es su negocio, no el m\u00edo.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"other\">Other ways to connect sentences<\/h2>\n<p>In some cases, prepositions are used:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>At the farm, they gave us cooked potatoes with a lots of soup.<br \/>\nEn la finca nos dieron papas cocidas con mucha sopa.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We can also join sentences using punctuation like commas, semi-commas, or colonists.<\/p>\n<h3>Examples:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>I looked around the room, Aja was working, Gilles was reading, and Sarah was sleeping (commas).<br \/>\nMir\u00e9 alrededor de la habitaci\u00f3n, Aja estaba trabajando, Gilles estaba leyendo y Sarah dorm\u00eda (comas).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Jesinta doesn\u2019t work hard, she is incapable of hard work (semi-commas).<br \/>\nJesinta no trabaja duro, ella es incapaz de trabajar duro (semicomas).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>He kicked open the door, a revolver in his hand: a dead man lay on the floor (colons).<br \/>\nAbri\u00f3 la puerta de una patada, con un rev\u00f3lver en la mano: un hombre muerto yac\u00eda en el suelo (colonos).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-auto kksr-align-left kksr-valign-bottom\"\n    data-payload='{&quot;align&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;10163&quot;,&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;valign&quot;:&quot;bottom&quot;,&quot;ignore&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;reference&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;count&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;legendonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;readonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;score&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;starsonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;best&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;gap&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;greet&quot;:&quot;\u00a1D\u00e9janos unas estrellitas si te ha gustado el post!&quot;,&quot;legend&quot;:&quot;5\\\/5 - (1 vote)&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Conjunctions in English and how to use them&quot;,&quot;width&quot;:&quot;138&quot;,&quot;_legend&quot;:&quot;{score}\\\/{best} - ({count} {votes})&quot;,&quot;font_factor&quot;:&quot;1.25&quot;}'>\n            \n<div class=\"kksr-stars\">\n    \n<div class=\"kksr-stars-inactive\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"1\" style=\"padding-right: 4px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; 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