hi i'm ashley and this is mia in this video we will be learning about correlative conjunctions
are you ready let's go
you already know a lot about conjunctions you know that conjunctions are words that join
words phrases or clauses kind of like a link in a chain
you know about the coordinating conjunctions aka the fanboys for and nor but or yet and so
they're the ones we usually find between the words phrases and clauses that are being joined together
like in these sentences i could go for a burger and fries mom says to pick
fish chicken or meatloaf meatloaf is like a giant burger so that works for me you also know about
the subordinating conjunctions like after although as when while until before because if since
that's not all of the subordinating conjunctions but it's a list of the ones we use the most often
remember awubus words subordinating conjunctions are the ones you find at the beginning of a
dependent clause as in when you put a slice of meatloaf on a bun it's basically a hamburger
and that brings us to the third and final type of conjunctions correlative conjunctions correlative
begins with co which means with or together the word relative is also in there because
correlative conjunctions are related kind of like a couple of cousins who get along really well
and like to do stuff together correlative conjunctions are conjunctions that work in pairs
to join or relate words or word groups in a sentence these conjunction pairs appear
at two different places in the same sentences like either or and neither nor for example when someone
tells me you can have either chicken or fish and i say i'll choose neither chicken nor fish
another pair of correlative conjunctions is weather or as in whether you already knew this or
you just learned it you know one thing for sure about me both burgers and meatloaf are
on my a list did you catch that two more correlative conjunctions are both and
so when you see conjunctions working together like either or neither nor both and whether or
and even not only but also you know you're dealing with some correlative conjunctions
remember correlative conjunctions work in pairs to join or relate words or word groups in a sentence
not only remember that but also remember to always be clever