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Correct use of some conjunctions

November 21, 2015 - pdf

Since as a conjunction

As a conjunction since can refer to time.

  • Many things have happened since I left Mumbai.
  • I have never seen them since that unfortunate event happened.

When since is used as a conjunction, it should be preceded by a present perfect tense and followed by a verb in the past indefinite tense.

Or

The conjunction ‘or’ is used to introduce an alternative.

  • You must work or starve.
  • You may take this coat or that one.

The conjunction ‘or’ is nearly equivalent to ‘and’.

  • Our troops were not wanting in strength or courage, but they were badly fed.

If

If can mean ‘on the condition that’.

  • If he is here, we will meet him.
  • If he wants to succeed, he has to work hard.

If can mean ‘whether’.

  • He asked me if I would help him.

If can also be used to express a wish or surprise.

  • If only I knew more people.

That

That is a demonstrative pronoun. It is also used as a conjunction. As a conjunction, that has retained much of its force as a relative pronoun.

Hence the sentence ‘I heard that you were looking for a job’ may be transposed into ‘You were looking for a job: I heard that.’

The conjunction that can be used as an equivalent to because.

  • He was annoyed that he was contradicted. (= He was annoyed because he was contradicted.)

That can also express a purpose.

  • We eat that we may live.
  • We sow that we may reap.
  • He kept quiet that the argument would stop.
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