{"id":16566,"date":"2017-12-15T21:12:32","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T21:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy?page_id=16566"},"modified":"2025-12-09T11:31:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T17:31:47","slug":"conjunctions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/conjunctions\/","title":{"rendered":"Conjunctions"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Grammar Review: Conjunctions<\/h1>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper fourthree\" title=\"Conjunctions\" style=\"width:420px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_49MR4YwggdA\"><div id=\"lyte_49MR4YwggdA\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F49MR4YwggdA%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\">Conjunctions<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/49MR4YwggdA\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F49MR4YwggdA%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Conjunctions\" width=\"420\" height=\"295\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:420px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"accordion\"><input id=\"transcript\" type=\"checkbox\" class=\"spoiler_button\" \/><label for=\"transcript\">Transcript<\/label>\n<div class=\"spoiler\" id=\"transcript-spoiler\">\n<p>Being able to effectively use conjunctions is an important part of writing. <b>Conjunctions join sentences together.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The three main conjunctions that we&#8217;re going to take a look at are &#8220;and&#8221;, &#8220;but&#8221;, and &#8220;or&#8221;. All of these conjunctions have specific uses, but you use conjunctions to join two sentences that are similar together. You wouldn&#8217;t join two sentences together with a conjunction that are totally unrelated, but when they are similar to each other, when they&#8217;re talking about the same things, oftentimes you can join them together.<\/p>\n<p>Now, a lot of times, these two sentences would sound fine by themselves, but it sounds even better when you join them together. You use the conjunction &#8220;and&#8221; when there are two ideas that are alike. We could say, &#8220;He is wearing glasses and he is walking on the sidewalk.&#8221; These two phrases, or these two sentences, are alike, because they&#8217;re both describing this person. They&#8217;re saying that he&#8217;s wearing glasses and he&#8217;s walking on the sidewalk. Notice that before the conjunction we put a comma.<\/p>\n<p>The next conjunction is &#8220;but&#8221;, which is used when two ideas are different. These two sentences are talking about the same types of things, but they are conflicting with each other. &#8220;She usually eats healthy, but she is eating a candy bar.&#8221; So these sentences are both talking about her eating habits, but they are conflicting with each other. They are different than each other, so we use the conjunction &#8220;but&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Then we come to &#8220;or&#8221;, which we use when there is a choice between two ideas. &#8220;I will vacuum the rug, or I will shake it out.&#8221; The author is going to do one or the other. All three of these conjunctions do the same thing; they all join sentences together, but they all have different functions they&#8217;re all used in different situations. To use a conjunction like this, you need to make sure that these are complete sentences.<\/p>\n<p>Notice here that we have a subject &#8220;he&#8221; and a verb &#8220;is&#8221;. 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