Some conjunctions and their correct use
While
While is a subordinating conjunction. It is mainly used to indicate time. It can also show contrast.
Strike while the iron is hot.
Here the conjunction while shows time. More examples are given below.
Someone phoned while you were out.
While playing football, I sprained by ankle.
While can show contrast.
While some children learn fast, others need extra help.
While Peter is......
Though, although and even though
Though, although and even though
Although
Although is a conjunction. It is used for introducing a statement that makes your main statement seem surprising.
Although Jane was the most deserving candidate, she didn’t get the job.
Although she is rich and famous, she is not happy.
The soldiers fought bravely, and although they were badly wounded, they refused to surrender.
Though and even though
Though and although are interchangeable. Though is......
Using where and wherever
Using where and wherever
The word where has several uses.
It can be used as a question adverb. In this case it introduces a direct or indirect question.
Where does she work?
I wonder where she works.
Where can be used as a relative adverb. In this case, it refers back to a noun in the main clause. As a relative adverb, where introduces a relative clause.
Do you know a shop where they sell used laptops?
Here......
Building sentences with adverb clauses
Building sentences with adverb clauses
Let us practice building sentences with adverb clauses. An adverb clause serves the same function as an adverb. Adverbs are words used to modify verbs. Adverbs can also modify adjectives and other adverbs.
Just like an adjective clause, adverb clauses, too, are dependent or subordinate clauses.
A dependent clause cannot stand alone. It needs to be attached to an independent clause.......
Conjunctions and relative pronouns: grammar exercise
Conjunctions and relative pronouns: grammar exercise
Complete the following sentences using appropriate conjunctions. More than one conjunction may be possible in many cases.
1. It is a question ………………….. nobody can answer.
2. I stayed an extra night …………………… I could see Merlin.
3. …………………. I was having a shower, I slipped on the floor.
4. ………………….. she was too angry to speak, Alice said nothing.
5. …………………… the coat was expensive, I bought......
Expressing the reason
Expressing the reason
We can use several different grammatical structures to show the reason for something. For example, we can express that idea using the coordinating conjunction for.
I was tired after my journey, for I had been driving non-stop for twelve hours.
Notes
Although ‘for’ is grammatically correct in the sentence given above, it is rarely used. We are more likely to express the same idea using the subordinating......
Showing contrast and cause
Showing contrast and cause
If you repeat the same words and structures, your writing will become monotonous. Good writers always make a conscious effort to avoid repeating vocabulary within the same paragraph if possible. Fortunately, in English we can express the same idea in very many ways.
Showing opposition or contrast
Ideas that can be expressed using the coordinating conjunctions butand yet can also be expressed using......
Common correlative conjunctions
Common correlative conjunctions
Correlative conjunctions are usually coordinating in nature because the sentence fragments they connect tend to be of equal rank. As you know, a coordinating conjunction connects two independent clauses. A subordinating conjunction, on the other hand, connects a dependent clause to an independent clause.
Some correlative conjunctions and their uses are explained below.
Such … that
It was such a......
Correlative conjunctions
Correlative conjunctions
You already know what a conjunction is. It is a word used to connect two words, phrases or clauses. Examples are: and, but, because, when, while, since, if etc. There are mainly two types of conjunctions: coordinating conjunctions and subordinating conjunctions.
Most conjunctions are simple one word structures, but some conjunctions come in pairs and then they are called correlative conjunctions. Most......
Difference between conjunctions, relative pronouns and relative adverbs
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Difference between conjunctions, relative pronouns and relative adverbs
Conjunctions, relative pronouns and relative adverbs can be used to connect two clauses. The grammar is different. Prepositions do not connect two clauses. They merely show the relationship......
No sooner … than, Hardly…when
No sooner … than, Hardly…when
If the second event occurs immediately after the first, we can express that idea using the structure no sooner … than.
Note that in this structure no sooner introduces the event that occurred first.
No sooner had I arrived at the station than the train came. (= I came first and the train arrived right after me.)
No sooner had we heard the noise than we rushed to the spot.
No sooner had she......
Using since
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Since can be used as an adverb, a conjunction and a preposition.
Since as a preposition
As a preposition, since is followed by a noun/noun equivalent which acts as its object.
She has changed a lot since her marriage.
Everything has changed so much since our last meeting.
As an adverb
When since is used as an adverb, it is not followed by a noun.
The boy went missing on Tuesday......
Using since
AUGUST 17, 2013 -
Since can be used as an adverb, a conjunction and a preposition.
Since as a preposition
As a preposition, since is followed by a noun/noun equivalent which acts as its object.
She has changed a lot since her marriage.
Everything has changed so much since our last meeting.
As an adverb
When since is used as an adverb, it is not followed by a noun.
The boy went missing on Tuesday......
Common mistakes in the use of some conjunctions
Common mistakes in the use of some conjunctions
Scarcely and hardly
These words are followed by when or before, not than.
Hardly had I entered the room when a strange creature ran out. OR Scarcely had I entered the room when a strange creature ran out. (NOT Hardly had I entered the room, than …)
No sooner is followed by than, not when
No sooner did she complete one project than she......
