📄️ Introduction
A sentence can have more than one clause, usually joined by a conjunction which shows the relationship between them.
📄️ Putting things together: *and*, *but*, *or*
and
📄️ *not … or*; *not … nor*; and *not*
not used once for two negative ideas
📄️ Emphatic coordination: both … and; (n)either … (n)or; not only
We may want to emphasise that both (or all) parts of a coordination have equal weight. There are several common ways of doing this.
📄️ Subordinate clauses: some general points
In most languages of European origin, clauses are joined together by conjunctions in similar ways. However, students who speak other languages may have some problems in using English conjunctions correctly.
📄️ *who, which, what*, etc after prepositions
Interrogative conjunctions like who, which, what, where, whether can follow prepositions.
📄️ Tense simplification in subordinate clauses
Reasons for tense simplification
📄️ Subjunctive: *that she go, that they be, if I were*, etc
What is the subjunctive?