Selasa, 18 Desember 2012

CONJUNCTIONS

a conjunction is a word that connect individual word or grup of word. in fact, thr word conjunctions literally means "the act of join" or " combination"

  • individual word  
dawn like mystery, adventure, and suspensi in what she reads. [the conjungtion, and, connects the tree word mystery, adventure, and suspense

  •  grup of word
i was going to write to you, but i decided to call instead.[the conjungtion, but, connects the two grups of word i was going to write to you and i decided to call instead.]

there are thre kind of conjungtion : coordinating correlative, and suboarding.

KIND OF KONJUNCTION
a coordinating conjungtion connect words or grups of word that perform the same function in a sentence. the coordinating conjungtions are in following list

          and     for     or
          but      nor     yet

a coordinating conjungtion may connect individual nouns. i saw a bucket and s lladder on the sidewalk. [the coordinating conjunggtion, and, connects bucket  and ladder]

a coordinating conjungtion may connect two or more independent clauses(unit 3), which are grup of word that can stand by thrmselves as complete sentences.

CORRELATIVE CONJUNGTIONS

a ccorelative conjunctions comsist of two or more words that together as a set. correlative conjungtions fuction like coordinating conjungtions because they connect words that perform equal function in a sentence. the correlative conjungtions are in the following list.

  either.......or.....          whether......or.......
  neither.....nor....         not only......but(also).....
  both.........and.....

CORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS AND CORRELATIVE CUNJUNGTIONS
on your paper, write the conjungtions in the following sentences

sampel: we brought neither rain gear nor boots when wen went camping
answer: neither, not

SUBBOARDING CONJUNGTIONS
subboarding conjungtions introduce subbo ardinate themselves as complete sentences. subboarding conjungtions connect subordinate clauses to independent clauses, which can stand by themselves as complete sentences

in the preceding sentence, the subbordinating conjungtion, becausse, introduces the subboardinate clause, she can sing well. becasue connects the subboardinate clausse to the independent clause, jenny got the role. suboardinating conjunctons usually express relationship of time, mannerm cause, condition, comparison, or purpose.


CONJUNGTION ADVERBS
A CONJUNGTION ADVERBS is an adverb that funtions similarty  to a coordinating conjungtion. conjunctive adverbs usualy connect independent clauses (unit 3), which can stand by themselves as complete sentence. a semicolom precedes the conjungtive adverb, and a comma ussually follows it.

conjungtion adverb
i had the engine repaired; also, i bought new tires
coordinating conjungtion
i had the enggine repaired; and i bought some new tires.

SUMBER: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN ENGLISH "GRAMMAR AND COMPOSITION"
REFERENCE: perpustakaan stikom surabaya CODE 425 BRO






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