Questions tagged [coordinating-conjunctions]
Questions about coordinating conjunctions, such as “and”, “but”, “or”, “nor”, and “so”.
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word category and coordination
What is the word category of "ARMED" and of "TALKING" in the following sentence?
"There will probably be a general impression that the man who landed (armed to the teeth and ...
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'And': used to connect two verbs where the second is 'dependent' on the first (in the way catenations work)
AND (now dialectal or somewhat colloquial) Used to connect two verbs where the second is dependent on the first: ‘to’. Used especially after come, go and try.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/and
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Only coordinators can link two subordinate clauses
*She came when you asked in order that you...
Apparently, this sentence is not grammatical because only coordinators can link two subordinate clauses.
Is it really so?
Would recasting it as follows ...
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Why does "though" seem to require re-establishing the subject, but "and" does not?
Specifically, I'm looking at XKCD 3076: The Roads Both Taken, which reads:
And so of course I traveled both
Though be one traveler
A parody of Robert Frost's The Road Not Taken
And sorry I could ...
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How do you diagram polysyndeton? [closed]
Polysyndeton is when you have multiple (extra) conjunctions in a list. Is there a convention for diagraming it in a sentence?
Here's a simple example:
He bought apples and bananas and grapes.
Of ...
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What is grammatical value?
According to a publication by Butte College, Oroville, CA,
Coordinating and correlative conjunctions both link elements of equal grammatical value.
What does "grammatical value" mean?
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Why is "for" preceded by a comma when it is used in the same way as "because"?
It seems that when "for" is used essentially as a subordinating conjunction even though it's supposedly a coordinating conjunction (correct me if I'm wrong on that), it's preceded by a comma ...
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Analysis of the following sentence: "The front door was open, which concerned me". What is the function of "which"? [duplicate]
I am trying to understand the grammatical structure of the following sentence, specifically the usage of "which":
The front door was open, which concerned me.
Is this a grammatically ...
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Mid-sentence phrase where you need 1 of 2 things but could also have both as well
I have been losing sleep over this, I have used this string of words before but can not think of it the best way I can describe it is in the title I believe it uses a combination of “if, and, or” and ...
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"... is not A but B" versus "... is B but not A"
Do the sentences "The point is not urgency but importance" and "The point is importance but not urgency" have same meaning?
Normally, we use the first construction. The second ...
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Is the word “it” needed after a comma in this situation?
Here is an example of my sentence:
The physical therapy visit was not dated, did not contain the name or date of service, and therefore could not be validated.
Someone is trying to correct me and ...
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Semantic Opposition of 'But': Are These Unlike Constituents Viable Opposites?
I have recently been researching the usage of the word 'But' with specific attention given to its function as a coordinating conjunction, wherein it is used to create contrast. Throughout my research, ...
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What’s the term for the common part of coordination?
What do you call the part that is common to a list?
Example:
I buy apples, bananas and citrus fruit.
can be expanded to three sentences
I buy apples.
I buy bananas.
I buy citrus fruit.
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CGEL: Clarification on the Given Rules for Contrasting Constituents with 'But'
Please could someone clarify a statement in The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language by Huddleston and Pullum?
On page 1311 (under section 2.5 'But'), the text makes this comment:
A single ...
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What happens when a sentence and an aside require different sentence structures?
How do you handle when an aside -- a parenthetical or a dashed aside -- doesn't fit with what follows, but since the aside is the "closest" thing, the original thing doesn't fit either.
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