{"id":10762,"date":"2019-08-31T19:33:52","date_gmt":"2019-08-31T17:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=10762"},"modified":"2021-10-11T09:24:54","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T07:24:54","slug":"coordinating-conjunctions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2019\/08\/coordinating-conjunctions\/","title":{"rendered":"Coordinating Conjunctions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Level: Beginner-Intermediate<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>A coordinating conjunction joins parts of a sentence that are grammatically equal or similar. Also known as coordinators, coordinating conjunctions are used to give equal emphasis to a pair of main clauses.<\/p>\n<p>Coordinating conjunctions are:<\/p>\n<p><strong>for<\/strong><br \/>\nExample:<br \/>\nI go to the mall, for I love to shop.<\/p>\n<p><strong>and<\/strong><br \/>\nExample:<br \/>\nThe bowl of stew is hot and delicious.<\/p>\n<p><strong>nor<\/strong><br \/>\nExample:<\/p>\n<p><strong>but<\/strong><br \/>\nExample:<br \/>\nI took the bus, but there was a delay.<\/p>\n<p><strong>or<\/strong><br \/>\nExample:<br \/>\nYou can eat it with a spoon or fork.<\/p>\n<p><strong>yet<\/strong><br \/>\nExample:<br \/>\nThis chicken is hard on the outside, yet soft on the inside.<\/p>\n<p><strong>so<\/strong><br \/>\nExample:<br \/>\nI want to go to bed, so I am putting on my pajamas.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Level: Beginner-Intermediate A coordinating conjunction joins parts of a sentence that are grammatically equal or similar. Also known as coordinators, coordinating conjunctions are used to give equal emphasis to a pair of main clauses. Coordinating conjunctions are: for Example: I go to the mall, for I love to shop. and Example: The bowl of stew [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[309],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grammar"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v16.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Coordinating Conjunctions | phone english blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2019\/08\/coordinating-conjunctions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Coordinating Conjunctions | phone english blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Level: Beginner-Intermediate A coordinating conjunction joins parts of a sentence that are grammatically equal or similar. 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