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7.1 What Is a Conjunction?
This is the final group of important words for forming sentences
that we will study. The most common conjunctions that will be
introduced in this chapter are and, or, and but.

A conjunction joins words or a group of words
of the same type.

and or but

A conjunction is a word used to join similar elements in a
sentence. These elements can be words, phrases, or sentences.
The conjunctions introduced in this chapter are also called
coordinating conjunctions, because they coordinate elements
that are similar.

7.2 Joining Words

Here are examples that illustrate how conjunctions join
words—first, nouns with nouns, and then, adjectives with
adjectives.

• and expresses addition
The following example shows and used as a conjunction
between two words.

Example: Anna and Jake

Noun Conjunction Noun

Two nouns—in this case, the names of people—are joined by
the conjunction and, making it possible to form a sentence such
as Anna and Jake are friends.

• or expresses a choice
The next example shows or used as a conjunction between two
words.
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