Conjunctions are the glue that holds sentences together, turning simple thoughts into fluid, complex expressions. From 'and' ...

SAILOR 1: We are never going to get up there, we need a conjunction. Conjunctions are joining words. The main thing they do is join two different parts of a sentence. NARRATOR: Well you can’t just ...

The landlord refused to respond to inquiries. Because he said he needed to talk to his lawyer. When told the phrase beginning with “Because” was a sentence fragment, the student objected: But you said ...

Conjunctions are words which help link ideas in a sentence. They can join together words, parts of sentences and even whole sentences. They help to make writing flow. Jackie ate an ice cream. She ...

Khadija Attarabulsi from Libya writes: Would you please help me to learn and understand coordinating and subordinating conjunctions? I would be so grateful if you could explain them in full. Thank you ...

Is it correct to start a sentence with a conjunction? Here is a query from a reader of this column. Sanjay Saralaya writes, “Can one start a sentence with words and phrases such as as, because and due ...

As candidates of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) prepare for the big challenge they will be facing in the next few days (from April 19), I hereby call their attention to an ...

In grammar, a conjunction is a connecting word. The most common, called "coordinating conjunctions," are "and," "but" and "or." Our old friend "as" also can serve as a conjunction, a type known as ...