Name: Coordinating conjunctions | The parts of speech | Grammar | Khan Academy
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Alright, today I want to start
talking about conjunctions,

and conjunctions are
this part of speech that

has a very particular function
in English and what it does

conjunctions unite words,
phrases, and clauses.

you could say it's a
peanut butter and jelly.

Or if I were going to
paraphrase Eddie Izzard,

I might offer you the
choice of cake or death.

You could also describe
something as being sad but true.

And these three are the most
commonly used conjunctions

because I would be remiss
if I didn't mention the

seminal conjunction song that got me into

the grammar game in the first
place, Conjunction Junction,

which I think was written by Jack Sheldon

or performed by Jack
Sheldon in like, 1973.

Schoolhouse Rock. It's great. Look it up.

is a mnemonic, or a memory
aide, called FANBOYS.

And this is how we remember
the coordinating conjunctions.

And you don't need to worry about the name

coordinating conjunctions,
we'll get to that later.

For, And, Nor, But, Or,
Yet, and So. FANBOYS.

We'll go through how each
one of these are used

over the next screen.
Follow me downstairs!

So we've got For, And,
Nor, But, Or, Yet, and So,

and each of them have a
different basic function.

I do not eat buttons,
for they are not food.

You can see I'm combining
these two little sentences

We're using this for to
explain my reasoning.

I do not eat buttons
because they are not food,

and for is a simpler way to express that.

The conjunction and? Very
elemental, very important

conjunction combines one
thing with another as in...

The kangaroo robbed the
bank and torched the saloon.

And you can see we're using
and to combine these two ideas.

We're saying, this thing happened,
this thing also happened,

So if I were going to talk
about an angry tree spirit,

for example, just to pull
an example out of a hat,

she won't leave her tree, nor
will she speak with humans.

We use but to express exceptions, as in...

We used every building
material but chewing gum.

Chewing gum is the exception
to every building material.

We or as a conjunction to
choose between options...

We ask the hard questions on Khan Academy.

except that we use it to
express unexpected things

so I'm just going to
write, to the contrary!

As if I were Sherlock Holmes
hollering at a confused Watson.

and yet here's the unexpected,
what I'd say an ironic part,

When you would say but
unexpectedly, just use yet.

the thing that follows
is, because of that,

This is FANBOYS, For, And,
Nor, But, Or, Yet, So.

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