Difference between Conjunctive adverbs and conjunctions
Hello dear teachers: I have some confusion about the difference between conjunctions and conjunctive adverbs. I've been trying to understand the distinction between them, but I seem to fail to get a clear picture of the concept.
A co-ordinating conjunction joins or connects clauses having equal grammatical status (two independent clauses), as in: She tried hard, but she couldn't succeed.
The coordinating conjunctions, unlike subordinating ones, are not part of either of the clauses that they join.
Now, here is an example with a conjunctive adverb:
She tried hard; however, she couldn't succeed.
Is the conjunctive adverb "however", here, connecting two independent clauses?
Moreover, when two independent clauses are connected with a coordinating conjunction, we get a compound sentence, but what would you call the sentence obtained by using a conjuctiv adverb, please?
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Now, here is an example with a conjunctive adverb: She tried hard; however, she couldn't succeed. Is the conjunctive adverb "however", here, connecting two independent clauses? Here's how I see it.
- Now, here is an example with a conjunctive adverb: She tried hard; however, she couldn't succeed.
- Is the conjunctive adverb "however", here, connecting two independent clauses?
- Here's how I see it.
- It's the semi-colon, not 'however', that joins the two in your example.
- I'd normally write your example as (1) She tried hard.
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Now, here is an example with a conjunctive adverb:
She tried hard; however, she couldn't succeed.
Is the conjunctive adverb "however", here, connecting two independent clauses?
Here's how I see it. It's the semi-colon, not 'however', that joins the two in your example.
I'd normally write your example as
(1) She tried hard. However, she couldn't suc
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