Questions tagged [conjunctions]
A conjunction is a part of speech that connects two words, sentences, phrases or clauses together.
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I am happy now after I heard the news. - mixing tenses - is this correct?
If I heard the news in the past and the state of being happy is in the present, can I write it like Example 1 or Example 2?
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I am happy now after hearing the news.
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I left a note on the table two days ago so that he "would/will" eat the food I prepared for him - which is correct?
I left the note two days ago, and he is going to come back two days from now.
So, the action is going of him eating my food is in the future.
What tense should I use?
Which example is correct?
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When/While I talked to him, my other friends drank beer - differences?
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When I was talking to him, my other friends were drinking beer.
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When I talked to him, my other friends drank beer.
Example 3
While I talked to him, my other friends drank beer....
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Does the word "general" refers to both requirement and design consideration in the sentence below?
Here is the name of a chapter of the book I was reading named "Design Of Small Canal Structures":
Chapter 1 - General Requirements and Design Consideration
I'm wondering if the word "...
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How to join more than two negative imperatives?
Don't run.
Don't talk loud.
When you unite the two sentences, which of the two below would be the more appropriate?
Don't run and talk loud.
Don't run or talk loud.
I have another question. How do ...
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I eat fried rice, make bread, and play computer games on Sundays - all three activities on a Sunday?
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I eat fried rice, make bread, and play computer games on Sundays.
Does this mean I do all of the activities on a Sunday?
I think there can be cases where "and" is used to ...
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purpose or result : so (that)
from Longman Contemporary:
so (that)
a) in order to make something happen, make something possible etc He
lowered his voice so Doris couldn’t hear.
Why don’t you start out early so that you don’t ...
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She sells drugs "and" murdered a guy. - can you use a coordinating conjunction to joint verb phrases regardless of their tense structures?
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She sells drugs and murdered a guy.
Example 2
She murdered a guy and sells drugs.
Example 3
She murdered a guy or sells drugs.
I wonder if you can use a coordinating conjunction to ...
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What does "your faith is built as you pray to God" mean? [closed]
Does "your faith is built as you pray to God" mean the same as your faith is built anytime you pray to God?
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Should I use AND or BUT?
Should one answer the question "Do you have any brothers or sisters?" saying "I have one brother AND no sisters." or "I have one brother BUT no sisters."?
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What does 'but' mean in this sentence from Walden?
In the first chapter of Walden, Thoreau writes:
Though we are not so degenerate but that we might possibly live in a cave or
a wigwam or wear skins today, it certainly is better to accept the ...
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Finding the parts of speech of a word in a given sentence
While reading newspaper, I encountered a sentence as follows:
"They say cost of production of cement would go up by Tk 10 per bag following the increase in taxes on limestone, its prime raw ...
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"he does fear which humans could be in control."
This is from a news article.
A common sci-fi fear that Altman doesn't share: AI models that don't
need humans, that make their own decisions and plot world domination.
"It waits for someone to ...
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Use of "it" after "in such a way that"
Which of the following is correct? The only difference between them is the presence of the word "it".
1- Describe your accomplishments in such a way that highlights how they might be ...
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most of them entered the building
a. Most of the students entered the building but Tom, Pete and Hank didn't.
b. Some of the students entered the building but Tom, Pete and Hank didn't.
Would you say that Tom, Pete and Hank were the ...
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"later" or "after" + "time period" in a sentence that talks about something unchanged, repeatedly happening, etc...?
Can we use "later" or "after" in a sentence that talks about something unchanged, repeatedly happening, etc...?
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A: The weather here is usually sunny, but it can change ...
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Is "as" in "NativeScript allows you to write logic in C or C++ in a similar fashion as you would write a GDScript file." a conjunction?
I got contradictory answers from bing chat to a question.
First part of the chat:
So I started a new topic
The queston is:
"NativeScript allows you to write logic in C or C++ in a similar ...
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I will head out to the campus when/if she is writing the essay - continuous tense in the future?
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I will head out to the campus when she is writing the essay.
Example 2
I will head out to the campus if she is writing the essay.
Can we use progressive tense in an if or when clause?
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Doctor to patient: "You can have tea and coffee without milk." Does it mean "no milk in both tea and coffee" or "no milk in coffee"? [duplicate]
This is from a doctor's suggestion to a patient on what he should eat or drink:
The main thing is to have light coloured drinks, definitely no red or purple. You can have carbonated drinks, tea and ...
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Can "and" be used for the thousands place in sounded-out numbers? [duplicate]
Can "and" be used for the thousands place in sounded-out numbers? Or is it only restricted to the tens and ones places? For example:
9,300,000 => nine million and(?) three hundred ...
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The twins look alike—so much so that even their parents sometimes confuse them. (the function of 'that')
The twins look alike—so much so that even their parents sometimes confuse them.
What is 'that' and what is its function?
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what does "as" mean in the following sentence?
I didn't even want to fall asleep in the same room as him.
it seems that "as" can be replaced with "with".
so, Does it mean "with"? But I found nothing about the "...
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I am confused with the grammatical structure
I want to know grammatical information of the below sentence.
"acting with or showing care and thought for the future."
It's a meaning of word 'prudent'
I can see two conjunctions 'or' and '...
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He does well on the school work and plays basketball on the school team, "but" I don't like him, "but" a lot of people admire him. - is this correct?
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He does well on the school work and plays basketball on the school team, but I don't like him, but a lot of people admire him.
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He does well on the school work and plays ...
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Can we write compound sentences like this, using more than two conjunctions?
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I was going to mention the divorce rate, but I thought of the fact that children were there, so I did not really say it.
Example 2
I was going to mention the divorce rate, but I thought ...
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"If you are interested in X, Y, and Z, and want to [...]" vs "If you are interested in X, Y, Z, and want to [...]"
In the following example:
If you are interested in computer vision, machine learning, and natural language processing, and want to read this book, follow this link.
Can one omit the first "and&...
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Can you use "after" without it being preceeded or followed by any duration?
I just had them doing stretch routines, and after, they got really good at it.
We usually see "after" being preceeded or followed by something. For instance "2 hours after something&...
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"By which" vs "for which" usage
Can "by which" be equivalent to "for which", for example in this quote?
Stripped of this anthropological association, the word
on is indistinguishable from the word ‘under’ or the ...
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How should I understand this usage of "for"
This latter fact could not simply be a conjunctive fact, combining a finite number of facts about the whiteness of each individual swan. For even if a is white, and b is white, and c is white, and so ...
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Which one sounds proper: "They didn't do as I asked." OR "They didn't do what I asked."
This is a sentence of a native English teacher, who tells about his experience on how to manage the classroom especially when students are noisy. He says what he did in the beginning of his career:
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How do you differentiate a sentence connector from a conjunction when analysing the sentence?
I never heard about sentence connectors (other than in my mother tongue but it's not equivalent) up until now and they appear to work quite similarly, but I don't understand the rules of how you're ...
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Verbs before the preposition "to"
It is well known that preposition must be followed by a verb in -ing form. I do see sentences in which it really occurs, for example,
This is crucial to building a good team.
He‘s not used to ...
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What does the word ''but rather'' mean?
In this following context, what does the words ''but rather'' mean?
Does it mean ''on the contrary''? or ''instead''?
How should I understand this sentence in simple way?
Please, explain this to me.
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Usage of "much less"
I am having difficulties with the following usage of "much less":
French Guiana is the only territory on the continental mainland of either North or South America that is under the ...
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We didn’t know how we would cope once the money had gone. (once and past perfect)
We didn’t know how we would cope once the money had gone.
Had the money really gone or it's just an imagination?
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"a scandal, crime, or tragedy that journalists thought would sell papers" (the usage of 'that')
"a scandal, crime, or tragedy that journalists thought would sell papers"
The 'that' is not a relative pronoun, then what is it called? Or is this idiomatic expression?
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"Whether X or whether Y" vs. "Whether X or Y"
In the following example:
I wonder whether that is just a way to get more accounts or whether it is motivated by some other reasons.
Is the second whether in bold letters incorrect, optional, or ...
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A few more steps and he fell to the floor in agony
What function does the boldfaced "and" serve in the following passage from a local textbook? I'm asking about its meaning. I'm aware that "and" can connect two phrases and indicate ...
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How do I use "plus" in a sentence?
I am trying to express this sentence.
He doesn't have the key to the storage room plus he doesn't even know where it is.
Do I need to add a comma before the conjunction "plus", or is this ...
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Should we use ".....When...." instead of ".....And then....." for 2 events one of which happened before the other
This sentence is from a husband on an English speaking forum for advice about her wife who has dementia.Dementia and wandering
My wife, 71 has lost all interest in anything other than walking up and ...
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Which one is correct: "one more book than" or "one more books than"?
Prerequisite：Mr.Smith has 30 books and Ms.Smith has 31 books.
Which is correct?
A. Ms.Smith has one more book than Mr.Smith.
B. Ms.Smith has one more books than Mr.Smith.
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Should it be "SO" or "BECAUSE" for this sentence to be logical: "They removed a section of genetic code so it no longer worked"
This is from the BBC, Alyssa's revolutionary cancer treatment
In Alyssa's therapy, each of the base edits involved breaking a section of genetic code so it no longer worked.
I did not quite understand ...
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Use "and" and "or" with numbers
Since the same group of people cannot be in two groups at the same time so I need to use "or". Is this correct?
No more than 5% of people fell into the "every day" or "never&...
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When I lived/was living and while I was living
When I lived in France, I spent a lot of time honing my French.
When I was living in France, I spent a lot of time honing my French.
While I was living in France, I spent a lot of time honing my ...
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Why is the infinitive form of the verb used after "for" and the present simple after "before" in this example?
In the sentence below, why is the infinitive form of the verb used after "for" and the present simple after "before"?
London is a beautiful place for her to visit, but she must go ...
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Difference between: "Why do I have to study this hard?" AND "Why do I even have to study this hard?"
Two students have been studying and they are quite tired. Exhausted, one of them finally says to the other:
A: Oh my god! Why do I even have to study this hard?
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'church organizations, interest groups, __ nonprofits', the appropriate conjunction
Usually, volunteer trips are arranged by church organizations, human interest groups, __ non-profits.
Which one of 'and' and 'or' is more appropriate to be filled in the blank?
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For purchase or for purchasing
I just realized there's plenty of people use "for purchase" as much as do with "for purchasing"
How each of them can be functioned since they both are nouns?
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Keith and Roger will
I can repair your car. Keith and Roger will make a mess of it.
I can repair your car. Keith or Roger will make a mess of it.
I can repair your car. Either Keith or Roger will make a mess of it.
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Meaning of Quite?"Quite how that misunderstanding arose, maybe it was lost in translation, I don't know, but clearly they have all been looked after
This is from the BBC Disturbance in London Immigration Center
"Quite how that misunderstanding arose, maybe it was lost in translation, I don't know, but clearly they have now all been looked ...
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