conjunction

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Singular
conjunction

Plural
conjunctions

  1. (grammar) A conjunction is a word used to join words, phrases, clauses, or sentences.
    The word or is a conjunction because it can join two words: Tell me if you see a red or blue car.
    The word that can be used as a conjunction: I think that you are right.

Three common conjunctions:

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Grammar (edit)
parts of speech noun - verb - adjective - adnoun - adverb - determinative/determiner - article - participle - pronoun - conjunction - preposition - interjection
grammatical functions head - dependent - subject - predicate - predicator - object - complement - predicative complement - predicative adjunct - predicative oblique - appositive oblique - modifier - supplement- adjunct - determiner/specifier
clauses main clause - dependent clause - subordinate clause - relative clause