What are “Conjunctions”?

Aug 04, 2014

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What are “Conjunctions”?. Conjuctions are the common connecting words usually in the middle of a sentence. The purpose is to gel the two statements together. For example: “I went to the shop AND I bought an ice cream” The “And” acts as a connecting word to bring in the second statement.

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