아주 쉬운 영문법(접속사/The Conjunction)

 

1h. A word which joins words or groups of words is a conjunction.(단어 또는 문장을 연결해 주는 단어는 접속사이다.)

 

Conjunctions may join single words:

 

Bill or Kate tall and handsome

Bill and Kate short but handsome

 

Conjunctions may also join groups of words:

 

on the desk or in the drawer

singing songs and plying games

 

The joined groups of words may be complete ideas:

 

The crowd cheered noisily, for Jones had scored.

I dialed her number, but she did not answer.

 

There are three kinds of conjunctions: co-ordinating conjunctions, correlative conjunctions, and subordinating conjunctions.

 

Co-ordinating conjunctions connect words, phrases, and clauses of the same kind:

 

baseball and tennis [two nouns]

at home or in the library [prepositional phraese]

I talked with Thelma at the party, but she did not tell me about the accident. [two main clauses]

 

Correlative conjunctions are used in pairs, with other words dividing them.

 

1. Both Sue and Jack entertained the class.

2. The freshmen asked not only for a big celebration but also for a special holiday.

3. Either you must wash the dishes, or you will have to clean the bedroom.

4. Neither his aunt nor his uncle could guess the answer to the riddle.

 

Since you will study subordinating conjunctions in connection with subordinate clauses, at present you need to learn to identify only two kinds:

 

CO-ORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS(등위접속사)

 

and

but

or

nor

for

 

CORRELATIVE CONJUNCTIONS(상관접속사)

 

both~and

not only~but also

either~or

neither~nor

whether~or