A conjunction is a word used to join word or groups of word. Different kinds of conjunctions do different jobs.
A coordinating conjunction connects words or groups of words used in the same way. The words joined may be used as subjects, objects, predicates, or any other sentence part.
Some common coordinating conjunction are and, but, or, nor, and yet. Use or or nor to introduce a choice.
Meriwether Lewis and John Clark led an expedition to the West.
The United States owned the Louisiana Territory but knew little else about it.
No one had followed the Missouri or the Columbia rivers to their source.
Correlative conjunctions are pairs of conjunctions that connect words used in the same way.
Common correlative conjunctions are both.......and, either.....or, neither......nor, not only....but also, and whether.
Both Lewis and Clark had served in the U.S. Army.
From: Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics Book
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