These words can be used to join two sentence clauses together. Here are two sentences: Lilly ate an ice cream. She read a book. Using a conjunction they can be joined to make one sentence, like this: ...

Conjunctions join together two different, but related, parts of a sentence. They can be words like 'and', 'but', 'if', 'when', and 'because'. For example: I like swimming and she likes dancing.

Even if you’ve made sure your writing is grammatically correct, there’s room to improve by structuring your sentences in more complex ways. Avoid short, repetitive sentences by learning how to connect ...