Turacoz Skill Development Program is an initiative towards medical writing training by Turacoz Healthcare Solutions. Knowledge of conjunctions helps in building of sentences, and thus, effective medical writing.

1. GRAMMAR:
Conjunctions

2. What is a Conjunction?
 Conjunctions are words which are used as joiners (e.g. and, but, or etc.)
in a sentence
 These words are used to connect words, concepts, clauses, or parts of
sentences
 Examples:
 I was about to start the new project but I changed my mind.
 He couldn’t decide if he wanted the lemon tea or the coffee.

3. Types of Conjunctions
Conjunctions
Co-ordinate
Sub-ordinate
Correlative
There are three types or classes of conjunctions:

4. Co-ordinating or Co-ordinate Conjunctions
 These conjunctions join equals to one another: words to words, phrases
to phrases, or clauses to clauses
 These conjunctions join words of equal significance in the sentence (e.g.
and, but, or, for, so etc.)
 Examples:
 Mother and father are driving me to New Orleans. (word to word)
 The treasure is hidden at the beach or at the lakeside. (phrase to phrase)

5. Sub-ordinating or Subordinate Conjunctions
 These conjunctions join two clauses together, but in doing so, they make
one clause dependent (or "subordinate") upon the other (e.g. that, as,
after, before, since, when, where, unless, if )
 Examples:
 Since you can’t get away, we’ll go without you.
 He finished reading the book which is very popular among the
committee members.

6. Correlative Conjunctions
 These conjunctions are used in pairs
 They join words, phrases or clauses which have reciprocal or
complementary relationship (e.g. either … or, neither … nor, whether … or,
both … and, not only …. but also etc.)
 Examples:
 Neither Ram nor Soham passed the exam.
 Both green and red are my favorite colors.
 Not only did he eat the cheesecake but also the frozen hot chocolate.

7. Thank you!