- words that connect words, phrases, and clauses
- there are 7 coordinating conjunctions
- for
- and
- nor
- but
- or
- yet
- so
- difference between coordination and subordination
- coordination gives equal emphasis to two main clauses
- subordination emphasizes the idea in the main clause
- Punctuating coordinating conjunctions
- (main clause) + , + coordinating conjunction + (main clause)
- (item) + 0/ + coordinating conjuctions + (item)
- item cannot be a main clause.
- (item) + , + (item) + , + coordinating conjunction + (item)
Penn Treebank Part-of-Speech Tag is 'CC'
What is a phrase in grammar?
- two or more words that do not contain a subject-verb pair necessary to form a clause
- lots of different types of phrases
- noun
- verb
- prepositional
- infinitive
- participle
- gerund
- absolute
