Conjunctions

=**__Conjunctions__**= = = = = Use of conjunctions with different types of sentences:
 * **Definition**: || A word used to join two clauses into a sentence ||
 * **Examples**: || and, so, but, also, then, because, if, etc. ||
 * **The Function**: || links clauses; conjunctions also show how the meanings of the two clauses are related ||
 * **Where it appears in a sentence**: || usually near the middle of a sentence, in between clauses. ||
 * **Grammatical forms associated with it**: || compound ||
 * **Problems learners may have with it**: || Placing too many conjunctions within one sentence, beginning a sentence with a conjunction, one conjunction followed by two clauses, relative pronouns are also conjunctions, that, where, and when ||

Compound sentences: putting two clauses together by coordinating conjunction. Use 'FANBOYS' conjuctions For And Nor But Or Yet So

Compound sentences always need commas: //I was going to eat, but I ran out of time.// If any of these conjunctions are used then it is compound.

Except: '2 house so'

If 'result' then compound: I was tired, so I went to bed early (result). If 'reason' then complex: I went to the store, so (that) I could buy dinner.

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