# Coordinating Conjunctions: Rules and Examples | SwaVid

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# Coordinating conjunctions: rules and examples

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Short answer. A connector joins two ideas. And adds an idea. But shows a clash. Or gives a choice. So gives a result.

1 . Choose the connector. Arun studied every day, ___ he passed the test easily.

2 . Pick the coordinating conjunction. Shall we walk ___ take a rickshaw?

A connector joins two ideas. And adds an idea. But shows a clash. Or gives a choice. So gives a result.

Pick the connector by what the two ideas do to each other.

Or or so. Or gives a choice. So tells the result of the first idea.

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- And or but . And adds a similar idea. But joins two ideas that go against each other.
- Or or so . Or gives a choice. So tells the result of the first idea.
- Joining equal parts . A coordinating conjunction joins two equal parts: two words, or two clauses that could each stand alone. The common ones are and, but, or, nor, yet and so.
- What each one does . And adds. But and yet show a clash. Or gives a choice. So gives a result. Nor adds a second no, often after neither.
- Not coordinating: because, if, although . Because, if, although, when and until start a clause that cannot stand alone. They are subordinating conjunctions, not coordinating ones.
- Pick the connector by what the two ideas do to each other.
- And, but, or, nor, yet and so join equal parts.

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