A Crash Course in Grammar: Mastering Conjunctions and Interjections

Conjunctions and Interjections are two of the eight parts of speech.

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Foundational grammar skills should be taught in every elementary class. It usually is, but do kids understand it? Both yes and no. Parents freak out because they don’t know what is developmentally appropriate even if they claim they do. Politicians who have never stepped foot inside a classroom keep shoving new mandates down everyone’s throat. Research-based practices? Always changing like some endless game of whack-a-mole. America (U.S.A.) has never given a damn about education! Personally, I attended public school in New York, where we learned our letters in preschool and kindergarten. Things have “changed,” sure, but mostly, it’s just chaos with a fancy label.

School districts across the country do not change their curriculums for years. Many of the rural districts are at least 20–30 years out of date if not more. It is true that your zip code determines the quality of your education. The more taxes a person pays, the better funded those schools are. Title 1 schools never stood a chance. So, here is my small way of attempting to make education a little bit more accessible. I realize I have paywalled my articles, so it does seem counterproductive, but at least it’s an effort to fix the gap. I hope by doing this, it will be a small ripple that will help others.

And now, we move to the final two parts of the eight parts of speech.

Conjunctions

A conjunction is a word that joins together other words, phrases, or parts of sentences.

Conjunctions have three main jobs:

1. They join words together.

2. They join phrases together.

3. They join parts of a sentence together.

The three most-used conjunctions are and, or, and but.

Other Conjunctions

(This is not a complete list.)

Although

Because

However

If

Since

Though

Unless

Where

While

Correlative Conjunctions

Correlative Conjunctions are special coordinating conjunctions. They use pairs of words to connect other words or phrases.

Common Correlative Conjunctions

(This is not a complete list.)

Either/Or

Neither/Nor

Whether/Or

If/Then

Examples

It will rain either today or tomorrow.

In the above sentence, the correlative conjunctions are the words “either” and “or.”

I am not sure whether she has read that book or not.

In the above sentence, the correlative conjunctions are the words “whether” and “or.”

Brief Note on Interjections

Interjections are words that express sudden feelings.

Examples

(This is not a complete list.)

Ouch!

Yikes!

Wow!

Don’t use interjections when writing formal essays. Interjections can be used in creative writing, writing with your friends, and informal emails.

References

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