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GCSE English Language · key term
A word that connects words, phrases or clauses, such as ‘and’, ‘but’ or ‘because’.
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Revise: Sentence demarcation‘Maya packed her bag and she checked the timetable and she hurried downstairs’ has conjunctions connecting its clauses. It may sound repetitive, but it is not faulty merely because it is long. You could make it more fluent: ‘Maya packed her bag, checked the timetable and hurried downstairs.’
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Coordination connects main clauses using a conjunction such as ‘and’, ‘but’ or ‘so’. Here, ‘so’ shows a consequence.
Use a conjunction that expresses the relationship you mean: ‘but’ for contrast, ‘because’ for a reason.
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A word that connects clauses or other grammatical units, such as ‘and’, ‘but’, ‘because’ or ‘so’.
Revise: Sentence demarcationA full stop separates; a conjunction explains a relationship; a semicolon keeps related statements closely linked. You do not need a complicated punctuation mark when a full stop does the job well.
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