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Correlative conjunctions: They are used to connect
words, sentences, and phrases like coordinating
conjunctions, but they come in pairs.

Neither...nor Either...or Whether...or

Not only...
Both...and
but also

Examples:

She went to both Brazil and Mexico.
She wants to go to college at either Harvard or Yale.

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Subordinating conjunctions: They are used to connect two ideas by
making one of them dependent on the other.

After Because Even though While

Before As if Although When

Unless As soon as As though Since

Examples:

I came home after I finished practice.
I walked through the class as if I was number one.

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