Talk:Conjunction (grammar)

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 Definition:  Word or phrase that connects other items within a sentence, such as and in salt and pepper (co-ordinating conjunction) or because in Mary sighed because Bill was wrong (subordinating conjunction). [d] [e]
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Possible ideas for this article

Right now, this article is fine strictly in terms of grammar, but these is more possible richness. I'll just drop a couple of ideas here and let them percolate.

  1. Could we somehow work in the everyday phrase "No ifs, ands, or buts"?
  2. Of the three most common clause-linking words (and, but, or), and and but deserve special mention, because but perhaps tends to get used as a sort of (possibly unconscious) weapon. But implies a contradiction to the preceding clause and can set up resistance or hurt feelings when people hear it, whereas and does not tend to create the same resistance. This is something I learned as a helpful "people skill" and off the top of my head, I don't know how to present it, but I feel it might belong in this article, or linked to it somehow. The challenge is to find a way to word things without needing to resort to but (or any of its workarounds). Pat Palmer (talk) 03:27, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
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