Education English | Coordinating Conjunctions | Coordinating conjunctions is used to connect words, clauses, or phrases of equal grammatical weight. (Rzadkiewicz. 2009) For example, they might be used to connect two or more nouns, verbal phrases, independent clauses, prepositional phrases, etc. There are seven coordinating conjunctions. They are and, but, for, nor, or, so, and yet. They also establish certain relationship:
a. Addition: and
Example: The bowl of squid eyeball stew is hot and delicious.
b. Contrast: but, nor, and yet
For examples:
1) Joey lost a fortune in the stock market, but he still seems able to live quite comfortably.
2) That is not what I meant to say, nor should you interpret my statement as an admission of guilt.
3) John plays basketball well, yet his favorite sport is badminton.
c. Show reason: for
For example:
1) John thought he had a good chance to get the job, for his father was on the company's board of trustees.
d. Show choice: or and nor
For examples:
1) You can study hard for this exam or you can fail.
2) She is a vegetarian. She will not eat beef, nor will she eat chicken.
e. Show result: so
Example: It was raining, so we decided not to go to the beach.
f. Show purpose: so and for
For examples:
1) I want to sit in the front of the balcony, so I can order my tickets early.
2) He works hard for get money.
g. Show time: for
Example: We have been living here for 10 years.
When a coordinating conjunction connects two independent clauses, it is often (but not always) accompanied by a comma.
a. Addition: and
Example: The bowl of squid eyeball stew is hot and delicious.
b. Contrast: but, nor, and yet
For examples:
1) Joey lost a fortune in the stock market, but he still seems able to live quite comfortably.
2) That is not what I meant to say, nor should you interpret my statement as an admission of guilt.
3) John plays basketball well, yet his favorite sport is badminton.
c. Show reason: for
For example:
1) John thought he had a good chance to get the job, for his father was on the company's board of trustees.
d. Show choice: or and nor
For examples:
1) You can study hard for this exam or you can fail.
2) She is a vegetarian. She will not eat beef, nor will she eat chicken.
e. Show result: so
Example: It was raining, so we decided not to go to the beach.
f. Show purpose: so and for
For examples:
1) I want to sit in the front of the balcony, so I can order my tickets early.
2) He works hard for get money.
g. Show time: for
Example: We have been living here for 10 years.
When a coordinating conjunction connects two independent clauses, it is often (but not always) accompanied by a comma.
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