Class X: Grammar: Connectors

Connectors

A connector is a word which is used to connect two sentences and to express the relationship between the ideas and the combining sentences.

For example:

Delhi is a very exciting city. Delhi is very expensive.

This sentence can also be said as:

Delhi is a very exciting city; nevertheless it is also very expensive

or

Despite the fact that Delhi is very expensive, it is also very exciting

Connectors are of four types:

1.       Coordinating conjunction

2.       Subordinating conjunction

3.       Correlative conjunction

4.       Linking Adverbs and Transition Words

Coordinating conjunctions:

They connect words, phrases and clauses. They are usually found in the middle of a sentence with a comma (,) just before the conjuction, or at the beginning of the sentence.
Coordinating Conjunctions:

for      and      nor      but      or      yet      so (remember FANBOYS)

Subordinating conjunctions:

They connect a dependent clause and an independent clause and establish a relationship between them. They happen at the beginning of a sentences (with a comma in the middle separating the clauses) or in the middle of a sentence with no comma.
Subordinating Conjunctions:

after	if	though	although
if only	till	as	in order that
unless	as if	now that	until
as long as	once	when	as though
rather than	whenever	because	since
where	before	so that	whereas
even if	than	wherever	even though
that	that	while

Correlative conjunctions:

They connect equal sentence elements together (like two nouns) and are always composed by two words.
Correlative Conjunctions:

both…and not only…but also not…but either…or neither…nor whether…or as…as

Linking Adverbs and Transition Words

They connect two independent clauses or sentences. They provide transition between ideas.
Linking Adverbs and Transition Words:

accordingly	however	nonetheless	also
indeed	otherwise	besides	instead
similarly	consequently	likewise	still
conversely	meanwhile	subsequently	finally
moreover	then	furthermore	nevertheless
therefore	hence	next	thus