Dictionary of English - conjunction
conjunction
This is a grammatical part of speech that serves to connect words, phrases, and clauses. Coordinating conjunctions link parts of equal grammatical value; and, but, and or are the most common. Subordinating conjunctions link subordinate clauses to the main clause in a sentence; among the most common are if, when, and though.
In the sentence He ran but he could not hide, the coordinating conjunction but links the two main clauses. In the sentence He hid when he could, the subordinating conjunction when links the subordinate clause to the main clause, He hid. Other common subordinating conjunctions are because, unless, after, than, and where.
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