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GatewaytoSBIMains:English
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Today we are posting the concepts on conjunction. You all know that
conjunction is a word that connect two statements. It is very important for
youtoidentifytheerrors,sentenceimprovements,andclozetest.

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A conjunction is a word which merely joins together sentences or clauses,

andsometimeswords.
1.ThatisabeautifulplaceandIhavebeenthere.
2.ThatisthebeautifulplacewhereIhavebeento.
ClassesofConjunctions
Conjunctions are divided into two classes: 1) Coordinating and 2) Sub
ordinating.
1.Coordinatingconjunction:
Itjoinstogetherclausesofequalranks.Foreg.Heisslow,butheissure.
2.Subordinatingconjunction:
It joins together clauses in which one is dependent on the other. For eg.
Sinceyouwishtoexcelinlife,youmustlearnEnglish.
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Rule:Scarcelyshouldbefollowedbywhen,notbythan.
Incorrect:Scarcelyhadhearrivedthanhehadtoleaveagain.
Correct:Scarcelyhadhearrivedwhenhehadtoleaveagain.
Rule:Nosoonerisfollowedbythan,notbybut.
Incorrect:Nosoonerhadwereachedthestationbutthetrainleft.
correct:Nosoonerhadwereachedthestationthanthetrainleft.
Note:"NosoonerA...thanB"isverysimilarto"ScarcelyA...whenB"and
hasalmostthesamemeaning.
Rule:Donotuseseldomoreverinplaceofseldomornever.
Incorrect:Thenationalnetworkseldomorevertelecastsgoodprogrammes.
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Rule : Correlative conjunctions should be followed by the same part of

speech.
Incorrect:Heneitheragreedtomyproposalnortohis.
Correct:Heagreedneithertomyproposalnortohis.
Rule:Neitherisfollowedbynor,notbyor.
Incorrect:Thephoneneitherwentdeadorworkedproperly.
Correct:Thephoneneitherwentdeadnorworkedproperly.

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Rule:Theconjunctionthatisnotusedbefore
i)asentenceindirectnarration.
ii)aninterrogativeadverborinterrogativepronounintheindirectnarration.
Incorrect:Hesaidthat,"itisnoneofmybusiness".
Correct:Hesaid,"Itisnoneofmybusiness."
Incorrect:Heaskedmethatwhichwasthewaytothestation.
Correct:Heaskedmewhichwasthewaytothestation.
Rule:Althoughgoeswithyetoracomma(,)intheotherclause.
Incorrect:AlthoughManoharishardworking,buthedoesnotgetajob.

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Correct:AlthoughManoharishardworking,yethedoesnotgetajob.
Note : Though/Although is used with contradictory sentences (sentences
expressingoppositeviews).
Incorrect:Sinceshewassick,sheattendedtheparty.
Correct:Thoughshewassick,sheattendedtheparty.

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Rule:Nothingelseshouldbefollowedbybut,notbythan.
Incorrect:MrBureaucrat!Thisisnothingelsethanredtapism.
Correct:MrBureaucrat!Thisisnothingelsebutredtapism.

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Rule : The correlative conjunctions indeed... but are used to emphasis the
contrastbetweenthefirstandthesecondpartsofthestatement.
Incorrect:Iamindeedhappywithmyschoolbutitproducesfamousmen.
Correct:Iamindeedhappywithmyschoolthatitproducesfamousmen.

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Rule:Ina"notonly...butalso..."sentence,theverbshouldagreewiththe
noun or pronoun mentioned second, that is, the one after but also because
thisisthepartbeingemphasised.
Incorrect: Not only the students but also the teacher were responsible for
whathappenedintheclass.
Correct:Notonlythestudentsbutalsotheteacherwasresponsibleforwhat
happenedintheclass.
Rule:Notonly...butalsoalwayscomesbeforethesamepartofspeech.
Incorrect: They not only gave me standing ovation but also a cash prize of
`1000.
Correct: They gave me not only standing ovation but also a cash prize of
`1000.
Rule : Such...as is used to denote a category whereas such...that
emphasisesthedegreeofsomethingbymentioningitsconsequence.
Incorrect: Each member of the alliance agrees to take such action as it
deemsnecessary.
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Rule:Theconjunctionlestisfollowedbyshould.
Incorrect:Workhardlestyouwouldfail.
Correct:Workhardlestyoushouldfail.
Note: Lest is a negative word. There should be no use of not, nothing,
never,nowithlest.
Incorrect:Wordhardlestyoushouldnotfail.
Correct:Wordhardlestyoushouldfail.
Rule:Theconjunctionsoasisusedforcomparisoninanegativesentence
whereasasisusedinapositiveoraffirmativesentence.
Incorrect:Heisnotastallashisbrother.
Correct:Heisnotsotallashisbrother.

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Rule:Theconjunction,bothisfollowedbyandandnotbyaswellasor
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Incorrect:Boththeboysaswellasthegirlswereasbent.
Correct:Boththeboysandthegirlswereabsent.
Rule : The conjunction unless denotes condition whereas until denotes
time.
Incorrect:Untilyouworkhard,youwillnotsucceed.
Correct:Unlessyouworkhard,youwillnotsucceed.
Note : Unless and Until are negative words. There should be no use of
notnothing,neverwithunlessanduntil.
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Directions:Ineachofthefollowingquestions,findoutwhichpartofthe
sentence has an error. The error may be grammatical or idiomatic. If
thereisnomistake,theanswerisNoerror.

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8. Being a strict (a)/ vegetarian he depended (b)/ on milk and fruit and (c)/
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