coordinating conjunction

A coordinating conjunction is one of the seven words: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so.

Authorities do not all agree on the status of sentences that start with coordinating conjunctions.

Here are some examples of coordinating conjunctions in English and what they do:

In Hausa it is ungrammatical to do the same with coordinating conjunctions.

In English, you can use the following words as coordinating conjunctions: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so.

At times it is inappropriately used as a coordinating conjunction: "and" or "but" should be used instead.

People use coordinating conjunctions to combine two independent clauses or two simple sentences.

Use a coordinating conjunction with a comma.

Between closely related independent clauses not conjoined with a coordinating conjunction:

The coordinating conjunctions are of four types (note that the list is not exhaustive):

A coordination structure connects two words, phrases or clauses together, usually with the help of a coordinating conjunction:

Independent clauses can be joined by using a semicolon or a coordinating conjunction (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so).

Articles and coordinating conjunctions are not capitalized, while sources disagree on the capitalization of prepositions.

Insert a coordinating conjunction following the comma:

The principal coordinating conjunctions in English are and, or, and but, as well as nor, so, yet and for.

They are listed in paratactic form; that is, a list of items connected by coordinating conjunction, or "particles", without subordination.

Kenyang has three major coordinating conjunctions.

Otherwise the coordinating conjunction "un" is used (Stolz et al. 2006:21).

Mixtec possesses twelve coordinating conjunctions and ten subordinating conjunctions.

Coordinating conjunctions:

Common coordinating conjunctions include:

There are three different types of conjunctions: the coordinating conjunction, the subordinating conjunction, and the correlative conjunction.

The presence of coordination is often signaled by the appearance of a coordinator (coordinating conjunction), e.g. and, or, but (in English).

Wan or iwan (which is also the preposition and relational 'with') serves as an all-purpose coordinating conjunction.

An example of a run-on is a comma splice, in which two independent clauses are joined with a comma without an accompanying coordinating conjunction.