Conjunctions

Correct use of some conjunctions – part II

August 27, 2010

Unless Unless means if not and hence there is no need to add another not into the following clause. Incorrect: Unless you do not obey my instructions, you will be dismissed. Correct: Unless you obey my instructions, you will be dismissed. Correct: If you do not obey my instructions, you will be dismissed. Lest Lest [...]

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Correct use of some conjunctions

August 26, 2010

As As often confused with like. As is a conjunction. It is followed by a clause. Like is  a preposition. It is followed by a noun or a noun equivalent. He fought like a lion. (NOT He fought as a lion.) He fought as a lion does. (NOT He fought like a lion does.) As [...]

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Kinds of co-ordinating conjunctions

August 25, 2010

Cumulative conjunction A cumulative conjunction merely adds one statement to another. Examples are:  and, both…and, as well as, not only…but also Alice cooked the dinner and Peter tidied the house. She is both clever and beautiful. Tom as well as John passed the test. They not only looted the shop but also set it on [...]

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Coordinating conjunctions

August 25, 2010

There are two kinds of conjunctions – coordinating and subordinating. Read the following sentences: God made the country and man made the town. I have not seen him since he was a boy. In the first sentence, two independent clauses of equal importance are joined together by and. A conjunction which joins together two clauses [...]

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