Most simply, conjunctions connect things. They allow us to make longer more complex sentences.

There are four types of conjunctions: 1. A coordinating conjunction, which connects a word, a phrase or a clause of equal weight. 2. A subordinating conjunction, which connects only clauses and in doing so creates a subordinate clause. 3. A correlative conjunction, which operates in pairs to connect sentence elements. 4. A conjunctive adverb, which creates a relationship between ideas in the sentence.

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