MAIN LINGUISTIC AND STRUCTURAL FEATURES OF CONJUNCTIONS IN MODERN ENGLISH

This paper contains an in-depth study of conjunctions, including their meaning, types as well as uses or functions in Modern English. Conjunctions are words that link or connect two words, phrases, clauses or sentences together, either in speech or in writing. Conjunctions are one of the eight parts of speech in English, according to the traditional grammar. Apart from the coordinating, subordinating and correlative types, the author has also researched into other kinds of conjunctions that can be of great interest to the reader.