LA CONJUNCIN

Las conjunciones unen palabras, frases u otras oraciones. Su importancia es crucial porque le dan sentido a la oracin. Por ejemplo, no es lo mismo decir: Juan o Mara trabajaron en el proyecto que decir: Juan y Mara trabajaron en el proyecto.
!jemplo de conjunciones coordinantes: and for t"at reason still besides "o#e$er but only consequently ot"er#ise !jemplo de conjunciones subordinadas: %al&t"ou'" considerin' %t"at& so t"at supposin' %t"at& as lon' as in order t"at Connector Chart Coordinating Conjunctions ("ese join t#o #ords, p"rases or independent clauses. ("ey occur in mid)sentence #it" a comma placed before t"e conjunction. Correlative Conjunctions ("ese join equi$alent sentence elements suc" as one noun p"rase #it" anot"er noun p"rase. ("ese occur as paired #ords. Subordinating Conjunctions Adverbs / Transitions

t"at is #"ile yet

("ese join a dependent clause to an ("ese join t#o independent clauses independent clause. ("ey occur at or sentences. ("ey can be used at t"e be'innin' of sentences #it" a t"e be'innin' of a sentence or mid) comma separatin' t"e clause mid) sentence %#it" punctuation&. ("ey sentence or t"ey occur mid) transition t"e reader from t"e t"ou'"t sentence #it" no comma. of one sentence to t"e t"ou'"t in t"e ne*t. ("ou'" it rained, #e #ent. 1e #ent t"ou'" it rained. .esides bein' cold, #e #ere "un'ry. 1e #anted to 'o. +o#e$er, it rained. 1e #anted to 'o2 "o#e$er, it rained. 1e #anted to 'o2 it rained, "o#e$er. -n addition, it #as #indy and cold.

+e tal,ed and listened. %same subject& +e tal,ed, and - listened %different subjects&

.ot" "is project and "ers ended. /eit"er "e nor s"e ,ne# "o# to s,i. 0ou car uses more 'as t"an t"is

S"e #as tired, so #e left.

one. ("is computer is as fast as t"at one. bot"...and, not only ...also, not only ... but also, and...too eit"er . . . or, neit"er . . .nor

1e #ere "un'ry besides bein' cold.

Addition Alternative Cause/ E ect

and, also, and also, or, nor so, for

besides, in addition to

Co!"arison Condition or else

as . . . as, more3less . . . t"an #"et"er . . . or not

Contrast

but, yet, but still, but any#ay

neit"er . . . nor

E!"hasis #lace Ti!e

e$en

in addition, furt"ermore, moreo$er, additionally, besides rat"er t"an instead, as an alternati$e, ot"er#ise, rat"er because, since, no# t"at, as, in t"erefore, consequently, as a order t"at, so, as lon' as, inasmuc", consequence, as a result, t"us, because of, due to, o#in' to, so "ence, accordin'ly t"at, in order t"at as %li,e&, as if, as t"ou'" -n t"e same #ay, Similarly, -n contrast, 4nli,e 5, 0. . . if, only if, unless, e$en if, #"et"er ot"er#ise, in t"e e$ent %t"at&, any#ay, or not, pro$ided %t"at&, in case, any"o# in t"e e$ent %t"at& alt"ou'", e$en t"ou'", t"ou'", ne$ert"eless, nonet"eless, "o#e$er, #"ile, #"ereas, %despite, in spite on t"e one "and, on t"e ot"er "and of, re'ardless of& in deed, in fact, of course, certainly #"ere, #"ere$er after, before, #"en, #"ile, since, as, first, second, ne*t, t"en, finally, until, as soon as, by t"e time, once pre$iously, no#, presently, ne*t, still, mean#"ile, subsequently, after#ard