COORDINATE CONJUNCTIONS.
297. Coordinate
conjunctions are of four kinds:
(1) COPULATIVE, coupling or uniting words and expressions
in the same line of thought; as and, also, as well as,
moreover, etc.
(2) ADVERSATIVE, connecting words and expressions that are
opposite in thought; as but, yet, still, however,
while, only, etc.
(3) CAUSAL, introducing a reason or cause. The chief ones
are, for, therefore, hence, then.
(4) ALTERNATIVE, expressing a choice, usually between two
things. They are or, either, else, nor,
neither, whether.
Correlatives.
298. Some of these go in
pairs, answering to each other in the same sentence; as,
both...and; not only...but (or but also);
either...or; whether...or;
neither...nor; whether...or whether.
Some go in threes; as, not only...but...
and; either...or...or;
neither...nor... nor.
Further examples of the use of coördinate
conjunctions:—
Copulative.
Your letter, likewise, had its weight; the bread
was spent, the butter too; the window being open, as well as the
room door.
Adversative.
The assertion, however, serves but to show their
ignorance. "Can this be so?" said Goodman Brown. "Howbeit, I have
nothing to do with the governor and council."
Nevertheless, in this mansion of gloom I now
proposed to myself a sojourn of some weeks.
While the earth bears a plant, or the sea rolls its
waves.
Nor mark'd they less,
where in the air
A thousand streamers flaunted
fair.
Causal.
Therefore the poet is not any permissive potentate,
but is emperor in his own right. For it is the rule of the universe that
corn shall serve man, and not man corn.
Examples of the use of correlatives:—
He began to doubt whether both he and the
world around him were not bewitched.—Irving.
He is not only bold and vociferous, but
possesses a considerable talent for mimicry, and seems to enjoy great
satisfaction in mocking and teasing other birds.—Wilson.
It is...the same whether I move my hand along the
surface of a body, or whether such a body is moved along my hand.—Burke.
Neither the place in which he found himself,
nor the exclusive attention that he attracted, disturbed the
self-possession of the young Mohican.—Cooper.
Neither was there any phantom memorial of life,
nor wing of bird, nor echo, nor green leaf, nor
creeping thing, that moved or stirred upon the soundless waste.—De Quincey. |
