Conjunction
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Conjunction = Joining Word
• Example:
– And/or/but/because/since
• Ajay and Arindam are friends.
• Work hard and you will succeed in life.
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Although/though………yet / but
• Although/though he is well off yet he his greedy.
• Although/though he worked hard yet he did not
succeed.
• Although she was responsible for the accident,
nobody blamed her.
– Yet nobody blamed her
– Still nobody blamed her
– Nevertheless nobody blamed her
– No error.
• Note: (comma can be used in place of yet)
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Suppose/If(use any one)
• Supposing if a number of ghosts meet us in
the forest, will be able to get rid of them easily
without the magical wand?
• Supposing if you become a bank PO in the
next few months, what will you do next?
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Lest…..Should (Negative tone so don’t
use no/not)
• Work hard, lest you would not fail.
• Work hard, lest you should fail.
• Run fast, lest you may not miss the train.
• Run fast, lest you should miss the train.
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Next Type Denotes doubt
Denotes result
• Doubt/doubtful………..if/whether(Affirmative)
• Doubt/Doubtful…that (interrogative/negative)
– I doubt if Ajay will marry Ritu.
– I don’t doubt that Ajay will marry Ritu.
– It is doubtful if Sankho will marry Mira.
– It is doubtful that Sankho will marry Mira?
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Practice…
• Their directors doubt that the new machinery is
really necessary.
• Her father was doubtful that one of his
colleagues was involved in this shameful
embezzlement.
• Economists doubt if interest rates will fall in the
near future or not.
– (only whether is used in the above sentence)
– (I doubt if/whether India will win the match or not.)
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Practice continue….
• Can you any longer be doubtful if you are
mistaken?
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Next Type
• Because he came late, therefore he failed.
(Rule: because=since=as……..so,therefore,thus)
Note: (whenever because/since/as is used to refer the reason, never
use so/therefore/thus)
• Because he has been bed ridden for more than two
months, therefore you must not force him to do much
work now.
• As everyone already knows each other, therefore there's
no need for introduction. We’ll get straight into the
business of the meeting.
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Practice continue…
• Because he has been very good and
supportive to all of us during the period of
struggle and strife, so we must help him
always.
• Since everything can be done from home with
computers and telephones, so there’s no need
to dress up for work anymore.
• Because breathing is something we do
automatically, thus we rarely think about it.
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Next type
• Either…or
• Neither….nor
• Not only….but also
• Both…and
– Note: These are *co-relative conjunctions, they
connect same type of words.(*either er por
jemon part of speech or er por o same part of
speech.)
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Practice..
• Either the action was right or wrong.
Noun adj adj
– The action was either right or wrong.
adj adj
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Practice continue..
• He neither visited Coochbehar nor Alipore.
– He visited neither Coochbehar nor Alipore.
• He is not only famous in India but also in
abroad.
– He is famous not only in India but also in abroad.
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Practice continue..
• He is both a writer as well as teacher.
– He is both a writer and a teacher.
• He had not only helped them with money but
also with new machinery and raw material.
– He had helped they not only with money but also
with new machinery and raw material.
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Practice continue…
• *Not only did he criticise the party’s policies
but also the leader’s personal matters.
– He criticised not only the party’s policies but also
the leader’s personal matters.(you must know the
concept of inversion)
Inversion: hardly/rarely/scarcely/seldom/never/no sooner/so+adv /not only
Hardly, he criticized her.
Hardly did he criticize her.
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Practice continue..
• In the fall, either Phillip will start classes at the
community college as his mother wishes or
join the Navy, his father’s hope.
– In the fall, Phillip will either start classes at the
community college as his mother wishes or join
Navy, his father’s hope.
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Practice continue….
• Most of the popular teli-serials/are not only
illogical/in their story line/nut also crude in
their presentation./no error.
– No error.
• Money not only satisfies/the basic
physiological needs/but also the/higher
psychological needs./no error.
– Money satisfies not only the basic physiological
needs but also the higher psychological needs.
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Practice continue…
• The films were both enjoyable to watch and to
discuss.
– The films were enjoyable both to watch and to
discuss.
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Next type…..
• Seldom or never
Same meaning
• Seldom if ever
– Language policies for education are highly charged
political issues and seldom or ever decided on
educational grounds alone.
– These goods are made for export and seldom if
ever sold in the country.
• No error.
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Some conjunctions pair
1. Between….and
2. From…to
3. Nothing else….but
4. Not……but
5. Rather/other…than
6. No sooner….than
7. Hardly/scarcely….when
8. So….that
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Some conjunctions pair
9. Too….to(we can use it instead of
“so+that”pair in sentence improvement)
[Link] any sentence starts with “till” mark the
sentence as error.)
[Link]…or
[Link]….as(-ve)
[Link]….as(+ve/-ve)
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