Conjunctions connect words, phrases, or clauses. They play a crucial role in building complex sentences and expressing relationships between different parts of a sentence.
Here's a breakdown:
* Coordinating conjunctions connect elements of equal grammatical rank (like words or clauses). The most common coordinating conjunctions are "for", "and", "nor", "but", "or", "yet", and "so" (often remembered with the acronym FANBOYS).
* Subordinating conjunctions connect a dependent clause to an independent clause. Examples include "because", "although", "since", "while", "if", "when", etc.
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