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Summary Conjunctions are words that link words, or phrases or clauses together. grammarly ref ref for puncuations Coordinating conjunctions Coordinating conjunctions allow you to join words, phrases, and clauses of equal grammatical rank in a sentence. The most common coordinating conjunctions are for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so; you can remember them by using the mnemonic device FANBOYS. Examples I’d like pizza or a salad for lunch. We needed a place to concentrate , so we packed up our things and went to the library....

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Summary A pronoun is a part of a speech which functions as a replacement for a noun. Some examples of pronouns are: I, it, he, she, mine, his, hers, we, they, theirs, and ours.

Summary Transition signals, also called cohesive devices or linking words, are words or phrases which show the relationship between ideas. There are many different types, the most common of which are explained in the next section on transition signals. Some examples of transition signals are: for example - used to give examples in contrast - used to show a contrasting or opposite idea first - used to show the first item in a list...

Summary In English grammar, irrealis involves the use of were with a subject in the first-person singular or third-person singular to refer to an unreal or hypothetical condition or event–one that’s not true or that hasn’t occurred (e.g., “If I were you, I’d go home”).

Phrase Group of words that don’t have much meaning on their own.

Summary ref Elementary Rules of Usage Form the possessive singular of nouns by adding ’s. […] Charles’s friend In a series of three or more terms with a single conjunction, use a comma after each term except the last. red, white, and blue Enclose parenthetic expressions between commas. The best way to see a country, unless you are pressed for time, is to travel on foot....

Definition preposition with reference to; concerning. adjective very appropriate to a particular situation. Apropos takes its name from the French “à propos” (Latin “ad prōpositum”) which means about. ref