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 ...

Conjunctions are joining words. They link two clauses to make them into one. Some of them affect the word order: coordinating conjunctions are easy as they do not change the word order subordinating ...

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 ...

Here is a query from a reader. Sanjay Saralaya writes: “Can one start a sentence with words and phrase such as ‘as’, ‘because’ and ‘due to’? Is it correct to say ‘As I was unwell, I could not attend ...

Example: I went to the beach, and I got a sunburn. The two independent clauses in this sentence are “I went to the beach” and “I got a sunburn.” The coordinating conjunction is “and.” Other ...

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 ...