Grammar Log 8 and 9:
CONJUNCTIONS
CONJUNCTIONS are linking words which connect items in lists compound sentences, compound subjects, and compound predicates.
Ex. The girls went to the mall, and they went shopping.
The girls and the boys went to the birthday party.
The boys ordered and ate four pizzas.
SOME COMMON CONJUNCTIONS:
and but or yet
because although either neither
also
Conjunctions can be replaced by semi-colons ( ; ) in compound sentences.
INTERJECTIONS
INTERJECTIONS are words which show feeling or emotion and are used at the beginning of a sentence.
Ex. Oh, I will be there.
Wow, that sounds great.
Rats! I didn’t finish my homework.
INTERJECTIONS – are either punctuated by a comma (,) or an exclamation point (!).
