List of Conjunction

A part of speech that acts as a joiner for phrases or clauses in a sentence is known as a conjunction. It connects the words or groups of words together so as to make the sentence meaningful for the readers. In English language, conjunction is categorized into three main parts including coordinating conjunctions, subordinating conjunctions and correlative conjunctions.

Types of Conjunctions

1.  Coordinate Conjunctions: Coordinate conjunctions joints words, phrases and clauses together. A coordinated conjunction usually comes in between the words or groups of words. There are only seven words under coordinated conjunctions that are listed below:

•    Are
•    Or
•    But
•    Nor
•    So
•    For
•    Yet

2.  Subordinate Conjunctions: Subordinate conjunctions join two clauses together. These types of conjunctions explain the relationship between the dependent clause and the independent clause in the sentence. There are many words come under subordinate conjunctions some words are mentioned below:

•    As
•    As if
•    As long as
•    As far as
•    Although
•    After
•    Because
•    Before
•    Even though
•    Once
•    When
•    Unless
•    So that
•    Since
•    Whenever
•    While
•    Until
•    Till

3.  Correlative Conjunctions: These types of conjunctions generally link equal sentences. The following words are there under correlative conjunctions.

•    Neither nor
•    Either or
•    Both and
•    Not only but also
•    So as
•    Whether or

In English language, there are many words that are used as transitions between sentences and these are known as conjunctive adverbs. Conjunctive adverbs are not conjunctions, but these words act as conjunctions in a sentence. However, For example, Therefore, Hence, Otherwise, Likewise, In addition, Furthermore, Still, Indeed, In fact, Meanwhile, After all, Instead, Consequently, Finally, As a result, On the other hand, etc. are some of the conjunctive adverbs.