English Grammar - Conjunctions

Conjunctions are used to express a connection between words. There are three types of conjunctions: coordinating conjunctions, correlative conjunctions, and subordinating conjunctions.

The most familiar coordinating conjunctions are and, but, and or.

Examples:

I and my wife go to the party.

Hot or cold.


Here are examples of correlative conjunctions. They are always come in pairs:
both...and, not only...but, also either...or neither...nor whether...or

Examples:

Both my dad and my mom play the piano.


Subordinating conjunctions, (subordinators) are most important in creating subordinating clauses.

Here are some examples of them:

after
before
when now
while
since
until

because
since
that
as
in order that
so


although
though
even though
whereas
while
in case (that)


if
unless
only if
whether or not
even if