Tag Archives: coordinating conjunctions

And Yet, But Yet: Pick a Coordinating Conjunction, Any Coordinating Conjunction

Posted on March 6, 2019 by

When using but and yet as coordinating conjunctions, you can only use one at a time (otherwise, you’re creating a redundancy for the category of the redundancy category :)). Use either but or yet when conveying two ideas that are … Continue reading →

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Subordinating Conjunctions

Posted on February 9, 2009 by

While coordinating conjunctions (and, but, for, nor, or, so, yet), which connect clauses of equal importance, get a great deal of press in every grammar book on the bookshelf , they’re not the only conjunctions in town. Subordinating conjunctions connect … Continue reading →

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