

And, but, when, although and because are some of the most common conjunctions. We hear and read them all the time, yet many students don't use conjunctions in their writing, sticking instead to only the simplest of sentence forms and producing essays full of short, vapid, disconnected thoughts.



Conjunctions join words or groups of words to express more complex thoughts. Without conjunctions, writers can only create very simple sentences.



Adults may be surprised to learn that many students need to be taught what each conjunction means and how to use it.