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Conjunctions are used to join clauses, phrases, and words together for constructing sentences. Conjunctions make a link between/among words or groups of words to other parts of the sentence and show a relationship between/among them.

Example:

1. Alex and Robin are playing together.
Alex plays well, but Robin plays better than him.
2. I play cricket, and Robin plays football.
When he was sick, I went to see him.


Types of Conjunctions

1. Coordinating Conjunctions
2. Correlative Conjunctions
3. Subordinating Conjunctions

1. Coordinating Conjunctions:

The job of a coordinating conjunction is to join two words, phrases, or independent clauses, which are parallel in structure. There are seven coordinating conjunctions which are by far the most common conjunctions: and, but, for, nor, or, so, yet.

Example:

1. We went to the stadium and enjoyed the cricket match.
2. Do you want an ice cream or chocolate?
3. Go away and never come back.

2. Correlative Conjunctions:

A correlative conjunction uses a set of words in a parallel sentence structure to show a contrast or to compare the equal parts of a sentence. The words of correlative conjunctions have a special connection between them.

The correlative conjunctions are not only - but also, either- or, neither - nor, both - and, not - but, whether - or.

Example:

1. Neither Alex nor Robin can play baseball.
2. I want both ice cream and
3. He ate not only the ice cream but also the chocolate.

3. Subordinating Conjunctions:

A subordinating conjunction joins elements of an unparallel sentence structure. These elements are usually a dependent clause and an independent clause.

Most commonly used subordinating conjunctions are:

After, how, than, when, although, if, that, where, as, in order that, though, which, as much as, inasmuch as, unless, while, because, provided, until, who/whom, before, since, what, whoever/whomever.

Example:

1. Before we left home, I had had my breakfast.
Provided they come, we can start class Tuesday.
2. When he was washing my car, I went to the store.
3. Even though the weather was horrible, they still went outside.

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Preposition is a word or group of words that is used with a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase to show direction, location, or time, or to introduce an object.

Happy New Year...
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ANTONYMS
Antonyms are words that are opposite in meaning.

List of some words and its antonyms.

Parts of speech are the classification of words categorized by their roles and functions within the structure of the language.

Parts of speech encompass everything a language has in itself. Can you imagine all the words of a language can be sorted into these categories? They play different roles in the structure of a language.
In English, there are eight parts of speech:

Noun

Pronoun

Verb

Adjective

Adverb

Preposition

Conjunction

Interjection

Noun

Noun refers to people, places, things, ideas, concepts, etc.

Example: Michael is a good boy. Melbourne is the best city.

Pronoun

A pronoun is used to refer to a noun/noun phrase, or nouns/noun phrases; instead of the repeated use of the same noun(s)/noun phrase(s).

Example: Michael is a good boy. He gets up early in the morning.

Verb

Verb shows an action or an ongoing condition. It is considered as the heart of a sentence.

Example: Alex is going home. He loves his home.

Adjective

Adjective modifies or describes noun in a sentence.

Example: Alex loves his beautiful daughters. His daughters also love their caring father.

Adverb

Adverbs modify or describe adjectives, verbs, or other adverbs. It answers the questions When? Where? How? or How much?

Example: He is running fast. She always reads attentively.

Preposition

Preposition gives context to nouns in relationship to other nouns or pronouns.

Example: I am going to France. France is inEurope.

Conjunction

A conjunction connects nouns, noun phrases, clauses or sentences together.

Example: Julie love chocolate and chips. She loves pasta, but she hates pizza.

Interjection

Interjections are brief and abrupt pauses in speech, usually used for expressing emotions.

Example: Oh! That feels terrible. Alas! They have lost the match.