Questions tagged [conjunctions]
A conjunction is a part of speech that connects two words, sentences, phrases or clauses together.
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A choice between conjunctive adverb or coordinating conjunction
The match was cancelled; however, the audience was disappointed.
The match was cancelled, and the audience was disappointed.
In these two expressions, which one is more appropriate? Does the 1st ...
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Can "as long as" be followed by a bad thing?
I wrote "As long as one task fails, the whole project fails." But AI claimed that "as long as" should only be followed by good things, like "As long as you work hard, you will ...
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Conjunctive adverbs vs. transitional devices
She studied hard; therefore, she passed the exam.
I have read this example in two different places. The word 'therefore' is functioning as a conjunctive adverb. Words like however, therefore, ...
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Yesterday, she helped me with the test preparation so skillfully that I "would/will" get a high score easily on the exam next week. - which one?
Yesterday, she helped me with the test preparation so skillfully that I would/will get a high score easily on the exam next week.
The main verb "help" is in past tense.
Should I use "...
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His mom always "feeds" him a lot of food so that he "grew" tall to be qualified for the versity team when he entered college - tense mismatch?
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His mom always feeds him a lot of food so that he grew tall to be qualified for the versity team when he entered college.
Can "so that" be used this way? Will there be a problem ...
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Present Continuous+before+ing : "The country is getting old before getting rich."
Does the speaker typically expect what goes after "before" to be something likely to happen?
I am wondering if there is some kind of rule or if it is completely context-dependent.
Here, the ...
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'Till'/'Until' followed by negative clauses: He watched TV until it wasn't raining [closed]
I wonder how it sounds when a negative clause follows 'till' & 'until', e.g.:
He watched TV until it wasn't raining
If it does not sound particularly idiomatic, can you think of more idiomatic ...
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As soon as I was single, he left his wife
I found this sentence:
As soon as I was single, he left his wife...
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Difference between "after" as a conjunction and "after" as a preposition
I saw some videos about conjunctions and prepositions and read some pages in different sites but I can't understand the difference between them.
These are some examples in the Cambridge Dictionary ...
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Because you realize <for as smart and as kind as> they seem, they're also lethal
The video is here, 1:20
It doesn't take long talking to a SEAL before you realize that they
are just a highly trained human weapon. There's not always… There's
not a lot of depth to them, but when ...
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Absence of verb and omission of conjunction
The children settled down, their eyes bright with interest.
I read this sentence in a text and appears to me lacking verb in the second clause 'their eyes bright with with interest'. Shouldn't it be &...
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which is what I did/and that is what I did
A says: You were paid to work four hours to repair that computer.
B replies:
I was paid to work four hours to repair that computer, and that is what I did. Only, I did it in less than four hours.
I ...
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Additionally at the end of a sentence?
Is it possible to use "additionally" at the end of a sentence? I have read that it is possible, but less common. If it is possible, then is it also grammatically correct? If placed at the ...
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Do both "of ..." here modify "effect"?
Fred Hoyle wrote in Of Men and Galaxies:
Ideas are dangerous. The Holy office knew this full well when it
caused heretics to be burned in days gone by. Indeed, the concept of
free speech only exists ...
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The semantics of 'Which metals are [both/either] heavier and/or cheaper than gold?'
I am wondering if the sentence
'Which metals are heavier and cheaper than gold?'
would normally be interpreted just as ChatGPT interprets it, namely, as
'Which metals are heavier or cheaper than ...
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Are "with the result that" and "as" interchangeable?
I came across the next exercise in the Complete Advanced Cambridge book:
Conversely, if the student reads the subtitles in their mother tongue - translated from the original - this minimises any ...
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Need help clarifying this excerpt
I've been delving into grammar for quite some time and I was reading The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language when I came across the section called 'Omissibility of the perfect' on page 147 in ...
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"After" used with and without modifiers
Do things change when I add "some time" to "after"? I mean
After she made me dinner, I was sleeping - it sounds wrong.
Some time after she made me dinner, I was sleeping - that ...
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Which is correct in "as many people think", "as" or "unlike"?
From T. H. Gillespie's Spare That Spider from The Listener:
Spiders are not insects, as many people think.
Is the clause introduced by "as" an adverbial clause, or relative clause ...
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Using "while" and "whereas" with future tenses
Can I use future tenses with "while" if I mean "whereas"?
Next year, I will work in the USA while/whereas she will work in the UK
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Does this sentence without a conjunction mean better?
Trust us, it works.
I saw this sentence on CBS News 24/7. Undoubtedly, this sentence is correct and idiomatic.
It seems that none of paraphrases with conjunctions matches this expression.
I wonder if ...
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so bold as to do [something] / so bold to do [something]
As I understand it, these are some fixed patterns in English:
too [adjective] to do [something]
so [adjective] as to do [something]
such [something] as to do [something]
[adjective] enough to do [...
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Which tense should be used when something is ongoing?
In a movie, I heard this
"she is unpacking clothes as they speak".
In that movie that sentence was uttered at the same time as she was unpacking. Shouldn't it be:
she is unpacking as they ...
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'such that' - how to pronounce and what is their function?
The effect on our blood chemistry is such that it produces physical changes in our entire body.
Do I have to make a pause after such: such / pause / that? (in this case such is subject to 'is'.
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Formality in concession
In real language, what is the difference in formality between however, yet and still when used to express concession?
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Is this still a subordinating conjunction? — linking to a word or phrase instead of a subordinate clause
My book "visual guide to grammar and punctuation" says on pg 61.
subordinating conjunction. They link a subordinate (less important) clause to a main clause".."e.g. Tigers only ...
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What is the difference between subordinating conjunctions and coordinating conjunctions?
Example to show the problem:
IMHO "but" is similar to although, so that we can modify this example from cambridge dictionary:
Everyone enjoyed the trip to the final although we lost the ...
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The big difference between before and until
I did my homework before you came- it was finished before their arrival
I did my homework until you came- here because of 'until" it simply means doing homework was in progress up till their ...
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Single episode or repeated event?
I will not bother her now when/while/that you are sleeping
It is a correct sentence. Either conjunction is used the same meaning remians. That is I won't bother her during her current state of being ...
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"…as if he didn't do anything wrong" can this also refer to the present?
I wanna make sure how to use as if and as though. On the internet it is possible to find information about that topic (which I did) but it is not accurate enough.
He acts as if he doesn't do anything ...
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Omission of conjunction before a noun clause
Some said opportunity was required for success.
In this sentence, the conjunction 'that' is missing that introduces the noun clause. As a relative pronoun where 'that' acts as a dative case can be ...
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The result clause of first conditional possesses would instead of will
He would be skating champion all right, if he really gives all his time to it.
This sentence seems to be having the structure of 1st type of conditionals by having the condition clause in simple ...
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For example/like/such as
Writers have always used metaphor. For example, Cicero compared the human figure to a vase.
There are some simple changes you can make for a healthier life. For example, you could take the stairs ...
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"I can/can't cook and/or bake"
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I can't write and speak English.
I can't write or speak English.
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I can write and speak English.
I can write or speak English.
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How is 'or' used in the sentence 'alerting no one or killing no one but key targets'?
I read a sentence:
Complete all missions after the prologue, alerting no one or killing no one but key targets.
I originally thought it means that I can choose to do any
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Explain the topic in a way that a ten year old can understand
Explain the topic in a way that a ten year old can understand, please.
Explain the topic in a way that a ten year old could understand, please.
Explain the topic in a way that a ten year old would ...
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Is it OK to use the word "anytime" as a conjunction?
I just want to know if "anytime" is the correct answer in this example.
Here: Anytime I want to relax, I just step outside and breathe the fresh air.
I was taking the quiz in this article ...
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Why is the form of the verb "to be" used after conjuction "and"?
Here is one sentence:
It is one of the biggest and most fascinating caves in the world and is the only cave in Russia that has been adapted for tourist excursion.
Might I write like this?
It is one ...
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More than one adjective for a noun separated by comma
I am of the notion that when you mention more than one adjective for a noun, you separate them with commas and finally an and before the last one.
#1 eg: the evening, gloomy, rainy and cold.
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"Death and morality" or "Death and immortality"
Hope is the thing with feathers. is a well known poem. In the introduction to the poet, I read.
Emily Dickinson was an American poet of the 19th century, best known for her eccentric personality and ...
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Why is there no signpost?
The following is from Nollywood: From Igbo to English, by Jonathan Haynes
Glamour Girls 1, which came out in 1994, was the first video film made in English. This was an event no less momentous than ...
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The usage of 'otherwise'
Is the usage of 'otherwise' in this sentence correct?
I didn't study at all last night. Otherwise, I would have done better on today's test.
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Is this usage of "and" correct?
I read the following sentence in a grammar book which is displayed as a fault example of usage of "and".
She told us to read the text carefully, and that we should write a short review of ...
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How to interpret ambiguous phrases like "John knows the father of Sam and Leon" with no context?
I was frequently puzzuled by sentences with the following structure:
John knows the father of Sam and Leon.
I suppose there are two different understandings:
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What are the grammatical rules for identifying parts of a sentence joined by conjunctions?
I met a sentence while reading a paper:
A key is represented in a partial-key tree by a pointer to the data
record containing the key value for the key, and a partial key.
Given that I do not ...
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"He is not listening to me and eating apples"
"He is not eating apples and oranges" (I know the full form is "He is not eating apples and he is not eating oranges") though after "and" we did not write the full form.
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Until as a subordinate conjunction and a preposition
Until can be used as a subordinate conjunction (subordinate clauses follow until) and a preposition (noun/noun phrase/gerund/to infinite follows it.)
What is the grammar of these sentences?
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Difference between such and as
a. He is such a boy as everyone likes him.
b. He is such a boy that everyone likes him.
c. He is such a boy as liked by everyone.
d. He is such a boy that is liked by everyone.
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Is a subordinating clause always an incomplete sentence?
Cambridge University:
When a clause follows these (subordinating) conjunctions , it becomes a subordinate
clause, which needs a main clause to make a complete sentence.
Link
Let's take a look at ...
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Can subordinating conjunctions connect the same grammatical type too?
Cambridge University mentioned:
Coordinating conjunctions connect items which are the same grammatical
type, e.g. words, phrases, clauses. Link 🔗
I've provided an example of sentence in which a ...
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