Welcome to this tutorial today.
Brooke going to talk about coordinating conjunctions.
Let's get started.
Remember that conjunctions are words that link other words phrases clauses or sentences together.
Have a look.
The example below Susan is an amazing wife and a wonderful mom.
Note the deed conjunction and in the sentence is used to link amazing wife and wonderful woman.
Now there are many types of conjunctions.
And amongst them are coordinating conjunctions.
Now these conjunctions are used to link words phrases and clauses of equal importance in a sentence.
Have a look at the example over here.
Sam complains about his job.
Yet he doesn't try to find a new job.
Note that these two clauses Sam complains about his job and he doesn't try to find a new one.
Are of equal importance in the sentence and they are connected with the coordinating conjunction.
Yet
now remember that there are seven core needing conjunctions and they are four.
And nor buts or yet.
And so now you can remember them with the help of the acronym fanboys let's have a look at the use of
these coordinating conjunctions in a sentence they couldn't afford to rent the apartment for it was
too expensive.
You can't have your cake and eat it
cement Dunn doesn't want to go out nor does she invite us to our place I was quite anxious at the beginning
but eventually I managed to pull myself together
you can call me or send a message when you get off from work.
Ben sees that he is busy all the time.
Did he has time to play online games every day Bill is allergic to dairy so he doesn't eat any cheese.
Note that in all the sentences that we have seen so far the coordinating conjunctions are used to link
two phrases or clauses of equal importance.