What is Correlative Conjunction? Types of Correlative Conjunctions and Example Sentences
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Correlative Conjunctions
If you have decided to learn English, you have already learned that there should be a certain order in the sentences you make. There are types of conjunctions that you need to use when composing any sentence in proper order or when combining sentences with each other when describing any event. There are three types of these conjunctions coordinating conjunctions, correlative conjunctions, and subordinating conjunctions. In this article, we will tell you about Correlative Conjunctions.
Correlative Conjunctions are conjunctions used in pairs to organize and connect two parts of a sentence. It is also known that these conjunctions connect two singular subjects with a singular verb or two plural subjects with a plural verb. In other words, it can be said that correlative conjunctions connect the subject that acts in connection with each other or two verbs that are related to each other.
Examples of Correlative Conjunctions
Correlative conjunctions, which are used to connect two sentences, are actually used to express what the relationship between two different subjects is and to express the semantic details in these two sentences. These conjunctions consist of two different words and one conjunction is in the part of the first sentence and the other conjunction is in the part of the second sentence. We can explain some common types of correlative conjunctions and give examples of these types of conjunctions as follows:
Both/And: The conjunctions “Both” and “and” are used for two different subjects connected to the same verb and performing the same job. These conjunctions connect two different subjects and form a semantic unity between these subjects and the common verb. For example, Alice and Alexander will both be going to their home and cleaning their houses.
Either/Or: The conjunctions “Either” and “Or”, which have the same pattern but mean something else semantically, are responsible for connecting two different positive sentences. For example, I don’t know where Steve is. He is either shopping at the mall or reading a book at his home.
Neither/nor: “Neither” and “Nor”, which are the versions of “Either” and “Or” used for negative sentences, are the conjunctions tasked with connecting two negative sentences with the same pattern. For example, I will neither leave this city nor live in this city. I’m only going to live in this city on weekends, that’s all.
Whether/Or: For example, I wasn’t really sure wether I could deliver this job or not, so I requested an extension of the deadline for the job.
Not only/but also: Not only was I sad that my boyfriend had left me, but I cried for hours.
Rather/than: For example, Oliver would rather die than experience such a thing.
Such/that: The conjunctions “such” and “that” connect two different sentences, which are independent of each other, with the help of a single verb, and this connection process takes place in a way that indicates cause and effect. For example, I am going through such a difficult period psychologically that neither psychologist therapy nor psychiatric drugs have any effect.
