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Lesson 10: Conjunctions

Spanish midfielder Xavi Hernandez announced
his retirement from International football in
early August 2014. The Barcelona player, 34,
made his international debut in 2000, the
same year as he helped Spain win an Olympic
silver medal in Australia. Further success
came in 2008 when he was named player of
the tournament as Spain won the European Championship in Austria
and Switzerland, the country’s first international success since 1964.
Two years later, Xavi was a key part of the Spain squad that won
the World Cup for the first time in their history, and then in 2012 he
helped his country retain their Euro crown in Poland and Ukraine.
Although Xavi left the club, he loves his club and former teammates.

Conjunctions are the linking words which join words, phrases, clauses or
sentences together.
Words: Anu and Binu are twin sisters.
Phrases: Neither my boss nor his wife is coming to office today.
Clauses: Although we all work hard, we are not likely to attain success.

Co-ordinating Conjunctions connect words, phrases or clauses of equal
status in a sentence.
She has already asked for money, yet her parents are not ready.

Correlative Conjunctions are used to correlate groups of words and add
emphasis to an argument.
Neither Sir nor Madam is willing to forgive us for our mistake.

Subordinating conjunctions are used to connect a dependent clause to
the main clause in a sentence.
I didn’t recite a poem because I had a cold.
[dependent clause]
If you are tired, don’t do any work tonight.

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