Conjunctions and Interjections

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Conjunctions and Interjections
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Conjunctions

• A conjunction joins words or groups of words
• Three Types
• Coordinating Conjunctions
• Correlative Conjunctions
• Subordinating Conjunctions

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Coordinating Conjunctions

• join equal parts of a sentence
• And
• But
• Or
• Nor
• For
• So
• Yet

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Coordinating Conjunctions

• Examples
• The students studied the novel and the poetry.
• I looked for her, but she left a long time ago.

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Correlative Conjunctions

• conjunctions used in pairs
• Common Correlative Conjunctions
• eitheror
• neithernor
• bothand
• not onlybut also

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Correlative Conjunctions

• Examples
• Either the principal or the teacher will listen
  to your concern.
• Both the brother and the sister enjoyed the
  family reunion.

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Subordinating Conjunctions

• Introduces a subordinate clause (a clause that
  cannot stand alone)
• We will talk more about these when we learn about
  clauses

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Interjections

• An interjection is a word that expresses emotion
  and has no grammatical relation to other words in
  the sentence
• Interjections that show strong emotion are
  followed by an exclamation point.
• Interjections that show mild emotion are followed
  by a comma.

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Interjections

• Common Interjections
• Well
• Ouch
• Wow
• Oh
• Examples
• Well, I just dont know.
• Ouch! That hurt!

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Assignment

• On a separate sheet of paper, please rewrite the
  following sentences. Number your paper 1-13 and
  identify every conjunction and its particular
  type. Extra credit if you can identify the
  interjection. The number in parenthesis tells you
  how many conjunctions are in that sentence.

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• I bought myself a new computer and a recycled
  printer. (1)
• Either I am very thrifty or very stupid. (1)
• Some might wonder why I would buy an old printer
  and a new computer. (1)
• My answer to this question is both simple and
  complex. (1)
• I am both thrifty and very stupid. (1)

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• 6. I try to save money yet I am constantly
  wasting it because I have to repair the machine
  and buy new parts. (2)
• 7. One would think that I would swallow my pride
  and just buy a new printer. (1)
• 8. I really want a printer that is impressive and
  affordable. (1)

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• 9. Neither my wife nor I believe this dream to be
  practical, so I will just hope and wait for this
  product to be invented. (3)
• 10. Oh! It will never happen, or will it? (1)